Trimethylsilanol

Trimethylsilanol
Structural formula of trimethylsilanol
Structural formula of trimethylsilanol
Ball and stick model of trimethylsilanol
Ball and stick model of trimethylsilanol
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Trimethylsilanol[1]
Other names
Hydroxy(trimethyl)silane[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.012.650 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 213-914-1
MeSH Trimethylsilanol
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3H10OSi/c1-5(2,3)4/h4H,1-3H3
    Key: AAPLIUHOKVUFCC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • O[Si](C)(C)C
Properties
C3H10OSi
Molar mass 90.197 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Boiling point 99 °C (210 °F; 372 K)
Vapor pressure 21 mbar (20 °C) [2]
Related compounds
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Trimethylsilanol (TMS) is an organosilicon compound with the formula (CH3)3SiOH. The Si centre bears three methyl groups and one hydroxyl group. It is a colourless volatile liquid.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 696. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ Grubb, W.T.; Osthoff, R.C.: Physical Properties of Organosilicon Compounds. II. Trimethylsilanol and Triethylsilanol in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75 (1953) 2230–2232; doi:10.1021/ja01105a061.
  3. ^ Paul D. Lickiss: The Synthesis and Structure of Organosilanols, Advances in Inorganic Chemistry 1995, Volume 42, Pages 147–262, doi:10.1016/S0898-8838(08)60053-7.
  4. ^ Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, Ramamoorthy Boomishankar, Selvarajan Nagendran: Recent Developments in the Synthesis and Structure of Organosilanols, Chem. Rev. 2004, volume 104, pp 5847–5910, doi:10.1021/cr0306135.