Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)methane

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Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)methane
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
trimethyl[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]silane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
EC Number
  • 213-920-4
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C13H36Si4/c1-14(2,3)13(15(4,5)6,16(7,8)9)17(10,11)12/h1-12H3
    Key: WFGTTYMWWMWERB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C[Si](C)(C)C([Si](C)(C)C)([Si](C)(C)C)[Si](C)(C)C
Properties
C13H36Si4
Molar mass 304.771 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)methane (TTMSM) is an organic compound with formula C13H36Si4, consisting of four trimethylsilyl (Si(CH3)3) groups bonded to a central carbon atom. It is extremely sterically crowded but unlike with the all-carbon equivalent tetra-tert-butylmethane which is only known as a theoretical compound, the longer silicon-carbon bonds allow this compound to be synthesised.[1][2][3][4]

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  1. ^ Dereppe JM, Magill JH (December 1972). "Molecular movements and phase transitions in solids. Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)methane". Journal of Physical Chemistry. 76 (26): 4037–4039. doi:10.1021/j100670a028.
  2. ^ Beagley B, Pritchard RG, Titiloye JO (May 1988). "The molecular structure of tetrakis (trimethylsilyl) methane studied by gas-phase electron diffraction and molecular mechanics". Journal of Molecular Structure. 176 (1–2): 81–77. Bibcode:1988JMoSt.176...81B. doi:10.1016/0022-2860(88)80233-3.
  3. ^ Aliev AE, Harris KD, Apperley DC, Harris RK (June 1994). "Solid state dynamic properties of tetrakis (trimethylsilyl) methane: high-resolution solid state 13C and 29Si NMR investigations". Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 110 (2): 314–320. Bibcode:1994JSSCh.110..314A. doi:10.1006/jssc.1994.1174.
  4. ^ Dinnebier RE, Dollase WA, Helluy X, Kümmerlen J, Sebald A, Schmidt MU, et al. (December 1999). "Order-disorder phenomena determined by high-resolution powder diffraction: the structures of tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)methane C". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science. 55 (Pt 6): 1014–1029. doi:10.1107/s0108768199006126. PMID 10927444.