Sodium Azide → (3-Azidopropyl)(trimethoxy)silane

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1.0 mole of 3-chloropropyltrimethoxysilane and 1.1 moles of sodium azide were heated in the presence of 3 mole percent of the catalyst described in Example 1 (a) in 500 ml of acetonitrile for eight hours with stirring and under reflux. After separation of the salt the subsequent distillation under reduced pressure gave the 3-azidopropyltrimethoxysilane now in a yield of 95 weight percent.

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