TriMethyl(broModifluoroMethyl)silane Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

108°C(lit.)

Density 

1.306

refractive index 

n/D1.407

Flash point:

46℃

storage temp. 

-20°C

form 

liquid

color 

clear

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H9BrF2Si/c1-8(2,3)4(5,6)7/h1-3H3

InChIKey

WDZVWBWAUSUTTO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

[Si](C(Br)(F)F)(C)(C)C

CAS DataBase Reference

115262-01-6

Safety Information

Risk Statements 

11

Safety Statements 

24/25

RIDADR 

UN 1993C 3 / PGIII

WGK Germany 

WGK 3

TSCA 

No

HazardClass 

3

PackingGroup 

II

HS Code 

29319090

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2
Flam. Liq. 3
Skin Irrit. 2
STOT SE 3

TriMethyl(broModifluoroMethyl)silane Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Colorless transparent liquid, initial boiling point 108℃, relative density 1.31 g/cm³.

Uses

Novel difluorocarbene source for the efficient difluoromethylenation of alkenes/alkynes and difluoromethylation of O-, S-, and N-nucleophiles.

Uses

Trimethyl(bromodifluoromethyl)silane can be used as neuroactive steroids.

Uses

As reported by Hu and co-workers, (Bromodifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane is a highly useful reagent for the formation of difluoromethene-containing 3-membered rings and can also difluoromethylate heteroatoms with the assistance of alkaline bases, most effectively KOH.

Application

• TriMethyl(broModifluoroMethyl)silane commonly can be used as a source for generating difluorocarbene, it is a general reagent with broad synthetic utility.
• Can generate difluorocarbene under neutral/acidic/basic conditions in the presence/absence of water at low/high temperatures.
• Can be used to prepare gem-difluorocyclopropan(e)nes, O-, S-, N-, and P-difluoromethylated compounds

Reactions

(1) Difluoromethylenation of TMSCN.

Ref. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 5850?5855.
(2) Difluoromethylenation of benzyl and alkylzinc halides.

Ref. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 917 – 919.
(3) Fluorination aminocarbonylation of aldehydes

Ref. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202115467

General Description

(Bromodifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (TMSCF₂Br) is commonly used as a source to generate dilfluorocarbene. TMSCF₃ (Ruppert–Prakash reagent) and BBr₃ undergoes fast halogen–exchange reaction to form MSCF₂Br.

Synthesis

A flask equipped with a reflux condenser was filled with NaBr (10.8 g, 105 mmol), 30% aqueous H2O2 solution (14.2 g, 125 mmol) and water (7 mL). The mixture was cooled in an ice/water bath and concentrated sulfuric acid (6.7 mL, 125 mmol) was added dropwise. The cooling bath was removed and TMSCHF2 (12.4 g, 100 mmol) was added to the resulting dark colored mixture. The reaction flask was immersed in a water bath at 40?? C. and at this temperature was stirred under household incandescent bulb (75 ) W) irradiated and stirred until the bromine color almost disappeared (about 1 hour). The upper phase is separated, filtered through MgSO4 and distilled. Colorless liquid, yield 16.2 g, 80%.

References

[1]Angewandte Chemie International Edition.DOI :10.1002/anie.202283811
[2]The Journal of Organic Chemistry.DOI :10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02899

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