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HRID 236426Generated: October 25, 2026

Trimethylsilanol → Hexamethyldisiloxane

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTrimethylsilanolHCID 66110—
SolventDiethyl EtherHCID 3283—
ProductHexamethyldisiloxaneHCID 24764—

Reaction Steps

This reaction proceeds slowly without diethylether but reacts faster at reflux temperatures. Trimethylsilanol is condensed during the HMDS distillation step to give HMDSO, which reacts as shown above.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04644076
Source datasetuspto-grants-1987_02
ORD IDord-5481fd3911d649d58cd82ef099a34174
Source noteuspto-grants-1987_02