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(Trimethylsilyl)acetic acid

Catalog No. L03903 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 2345-38-2 Website
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M. W. 132.23308 Fax
Purity 98+% Email
Storage Chembase ID: 147954

SYNONYMS

Title
(三甲基甲硅烷基)乙酸
IUPAC name
2-(trimethylsilyl)acetic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
acetic acid, (trimethylsilyl)-

DATABASE IDS

EC Number 219-067-4
CAS Number 2345-38-2
MDL Number MFCD00042651
Beilstein Number 1679394

PROPERTIES

Purity 98+%
Boiling Point 90-95°C/10mm
Flash Point 95°C(203°F)
Melting Point 40-42°C
GHS Pictograms GHS07
GHS Hazard statements H315-H319-H335-H303
European Hazard Symbols Irritant Irritant (Xi)
GHS Precautionary statements P261-P305+P351+P338-P302+P352-P321-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 36/37/38
RTECS AK0843500
Safety Statements 26-37
Storage Warning Moisture Sensitive
TSCA Listed

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • The dilithiated derivative can undergo the Peterson olefination reaction (see Appendix 4), to give substituted acrylic acids, with alkyl halides to give alkyl silylacetic acids and with oxiranes to give -lactones: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 537 (1975):
  • Dehydration with DCC and Et3N gives the ketene which is remarkably stable, showing little tendency to dimerize: Synthesis, 568 (1989).