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Preferred IUPAC name Trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate | |
Other names TMSOTf Trimethylsilyl triflate TMS triflate Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid trimethylsilyl ester | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.044.136 |
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Properties | |
C4H9F3O3SSi | |
Molar mass | 222.25 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | Colorless liquid |
Density | 1.225 g/mL |
Boiling point | 140 °C (284 °F; 413 K) |
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Danger | |
H226, H314 | |
P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P321, P363, P370+P378, P403+P235, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf) is an organosilicon compound with the formula (CH3)3SiO3SCF3. It is a colorless moisture-sensitive liquid. It is the trifluoromethanesulfonate derivative of trimethylsilyl. [1] It is mainly used to activate ketones and aldehydes in organic synthesis.
TMSOTf is quite sensitive toward hydrolysis:
It is far more electrophilic than trimethylsilyl chloride.
Related to its tendency to hydrolyze, TMSOTf is effective for silylation of alcohols: [2]
A common use of (CH3)3SiO3SCF3 is for the preparation of silyl enol ethers. [3] [4] One example involves the synthesis of the silyl enol ether of camphor:
It was also used in Takahashi Taxol total synthesis and in chemical glycosylation reactions. [5]
Trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate has a variety of other specialized uses. It has been used to install tert-alkyl groups on phosphine (R = alkyl): [6]
Deprotection of Boc-protected amines can be achieved using trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate and triethylamine or 2,6-lutidine. [7] [8]
TMSOTf is also a useful reagent to replace metal-halogen bonds with a covalent M-O(SO2CF3) bond, the by-product being the highly volatile TMSCl which is easily removed.