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Trimethylsilyldiazomethane

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for the analysis of various carboxylic compounds which are ubiquitous in nature. The fact that the reaction is rapid and occurs readily makes it attractive. However, it can form artifacts which complicate spectral interpretation. Such artifacts are usually the trimethylsilylmethyl esters,
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Trimethylsilyldiazomethane is highly toxic. It has been implicated in the death of at least two chemists, a pharmaceutical worker in Windsor, Nova Scotia and one in New Jersey. Inhalation of diazomethane is known to cause
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Armin Presser & Antje Hüfner (2004). "Diazo(trimethylsilyl)methane – A Mild and Efficient Reagent for the Methylation of Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols in Natural Products".
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Trimethylsilyldiazomethane is useful for conversion of carboxylic acids to their methyl esters in high yield. The typical reaction conditions for this purpose use
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as the active methylating agent, by an acid-catalyzed reaction between trimethylsilyldiazomethane and the alcohol with trimethylsilyldiazomethane as byproduct:
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Seyferth, Dietmar; Menzel, Horst; Dow, Alan W.; Flood, Thomas C. (1972). "Trimethylsilyl-substituted diazoalkanes I. Trimethylsilyldiazomethane".
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Murphy, N. G.; Varney, S. M.; Tallon, J. M.; Thompson, J. R.; Blanc, P. D. (2009). "Fatal Occupational Exposure to Trimethylsilyl-Diazomethane".
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Seyferth, Dietmar.; Dow, Alan W.; Menzel, Horst.; Flood, Thomas C. (1968). "Trimethylsilyldiazomethane and trimethylsilylcarbene".
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When the methanol is omitted, substantial amounts of trimethylsilyl ester and trimethylmethyl ester products are formed as well.
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It is possible that upon contact with water on the surface of the lung, trimethylsilyldiazomethane converts to diazomethane.
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is present. Acid-catalysed methanolysis is necessary to achieve near-quantitative yields of the desired methyl esters, RCO
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Moody, Christopher J.; Shioiri, Takayuki; Aoyama, Toyohiko (2011). "Diazo(trimethylsilyl)methyllithium".
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Shioiri, Takayuki; Aoyama, Toyohiko; Snowden, Timothy (2001). "Trimethylsilyldiazomethane".
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The lithio compound is versatile. From it can be prepared other trimethylsilyldiazoalkanes:
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Takayuki Shioiri; Toyohiko Aoyama; Shigehiro Mori (1990). "Trimethylsilyldiazomethane".
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reacts with ketones and aldehydes to give, depending on the substituents, acetylenes.
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It also reacts with alcohols to give methyl ethers, whereas diazomethane may not.
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
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variant, with C at the diazomethyl carbon, is also known.
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Trimethylsilyldiazomethane can be prepared by treating
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E-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
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Ball-and-stick model of the trimethylsilyldiazomethane molecule
IUPAC name
CAS Number
18107-18-1
JSmol
Interactive image
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Beilstein Reference
ChemSpider
146699
ECHA InfoCard
100.131.243
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EC Number
MeSH
Trimethylsilyldiazomethane
PubChem
167693
UNII
QI98HQO8C4
CompTox Dashboard
DTXSID8074653
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InChI
SMILES
Chemical formula
Molar mass
Boiling point
GHS labelling

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