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tetramethylsilane
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Tetramethylsilane (abbreviated as TMS) is the organosilicon compound with the formula Si(CH3)4. It is a colorless liquid. It is the simplest tetraorganosilane. Like all silanes, the TMS framework is tetrahedral. TMS is a building block in organometallic chemistry but also finds use in diverse niche applications.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H12Si
- Molecular weight
- 88.22 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- tetramethylsilane
- SMILES
- C[Si](C)(C)C
- InChIKey
- CZDYPVPMEAXLPK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 88.071
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- Commons category
- Tetramethylsilane
- melting point
- -100.0
- chemical formula
- C₄H₁₂Si
- canonical SMILES
- C[Si](C)(C)C
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Synthesis and reactions
- Uses in NMR spectroscopy
- References
Tetramethylsilane (abbreviated as TMS) is the organosilicon compound with the formula Si(CH3)4. It is a colorless liquid. It is the simplest tetraorganosilane. Like all silanes, the TMS framework is tetrahedral. TMS is a building block in organometallic chemistry but also finds use in diverse niche applications.
== Synthesis and reactions ==
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