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Esterification of Carboxylic Acids by Trimethylsilyldiazomethane".
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Seyferth, Dietmar; Menzel, Horst; Dow, Alan W.; Flood, Thomas C. (1972). "Trimethylsilyl-substituted diazoalkanes I. Trimethylsilyldiazomethane".
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61:Diazo(trimethylsilyl)methane
51:(Diazomethyl)trimethylsilane
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201:Trimethylsilyldiazomethane
59:Trimethylsilyldiazomethane
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1113:44
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853:CH
812:OH
800:CH
636:,
632:,
628:,
624:,
620:,
616:,
612:,
608:,
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871:+
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826:2
818:+
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717:2
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709:3
672:Y
375:2
372:N
366:H
363:4
360:C
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