BIS(TRIETHOXYSILYL)METHANE → HCID 178506912, compound

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A commercially available bis(triethoxysilyl)methane (BTM) was lithiated by the following procedure. To 300 mL of freshly distilled dry tetrahydrofuran (THF) in a 3-neck flask attached to a bubbler was added 3.07 g (9.00 mmol) BTM and the solution was flushed for 5 minutes with nitrogen that had been passed through a drying column packed with CaCl2 and Drierite. The solution was cooled down to −78° C. and then 5.2 mL, 1.7 M (9 mmol) of t-butyllithium was added dropwise over 10 minutes. The solution was stirred for 30 minutes at −78° C. after which a very, faint yellowish solution resulted. Then the temperature of the solution was raised to room temperature (RT) and stirring continued for 30 minutes at RT after which the solution turned colorless.

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