Trimethylsilanol

Summary

Trimethylsilanol (TMS) is an organosilicon compound with the formula (CH3)3SiOH. The Si centre bears three methyl groups and one hydroxyl group. It is a colourless volatile liquid.[3][4]

Trimethylsilanol
Structural formula of trimethylsilanol
Structural formula of trimethylsilanol
Ball and stick model of trimethylsilanol
Ball and stick model of trimethylsilanol
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Trimethylsilanol[1]
Other names
Hydroxy(trimethyl)silane[1]
Identifiers
  • 1066-40-6 checkY
3D model (JSmol)
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ChemSpider
  • 59498 checkY
ECHA InfoCard 100.012.650 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 213-914-1
MeSH Trimethylsilanol
  • 66110
UNII
  • Z4BIN3300P checkY
  • DTXSID7061433 Edit this at Wikidata
  • InChI=1S/C3H10OSi/c1-5(2,3)4/h4H,1-3H3
    Key: AAPLIUHOKVUFCC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • O[Si](C)(C)C
Properties
C3H10OSi
Molar mass 90.197 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Boiling point 99 °C (210 °F; 372 K)
Vapor pressure 21 mbar (20 °C) [2]
Related compounds
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Occurrence edit

TMS is a contaminant in the atmospheres of spacecraft, where it arises from the degradation of silicone-based materials.[5] Specifically, it is the volatile product from the hydrolysis of polydimethylsiloxane, which are generally terminated with trimethylsilyl groups:

(CH3)3SiO[Si(CH3)2O]nR + H2O → (CH3)3SiOH + HO[Si(CH3)2O]nR

TMS and related volatile siloxanes are formed by hydrolysis of silicones-based containing materials, which are found in detergents and cosmetic products.

Traces of trimethylsilanol, together with other volatile siloxanes, are present in biogas and landfill gas, again resulting from the degradation of silicones. As their combustion forms particles of silicates and microcrystalline quartz, which cause abrasion of combustion engine parts, they pose problems for the use of such gases in combustion engines.[6]

Production edit

Trimethylsilanol cannot be produced by simple hydrolysis of chlorotrimethylsilane as this reaction leads to the etherification product hexamethyldisiloxane, because of the by-product hydrochloric acid.[7]

 

Trimethylsilanol is accessible by weakly basic hydrolysis of chlorotrimethylsilane, since the dimerization can thus be avoided.[8] Trimethylsilanol can also be obtained by the basic hydrolysis of hexamethyldisiloxane.[9]

Reactions edit

Trimethylsilanol is a weak acid with a pKa value of 11.[10] The acidity is comparable to that of orthosilicic acid, but much higher than the one of alcohols like tert-butanol (pKa 19[10]). Deprotonation with sodium hydroxide gives sodium trimethylsiloxide.

TMS reacts with the silanol groups (R3SiOH) giving silyl ethers.

Structure edit

In terms of its structure, the molecule is tetrahedral. The compound forms monoclinic crystals.[11]

Additional properties edit

The heat of evaporation is 45.64 kJ·mol−1, the evaporation entropy 123 J·K−1·mol−1.[2] The vapor pressure function according to Antoine is obtained as log10(P/1 bar) = A − B/(T + C) (P in bar, T in K) with A = 5.44591, B = 1767.766 K and C = −44.888 K in a temperature range from 291 K to 358 K.[2] Below the melting point at −4.5 °C,[12] The 1H NMR in CDCl3 shows a singlet at δ=0.14 ppm.[13]

Bioactivity edit

Like other silanols, trimethylsilanol exhibits antimicrobial properties.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 696. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ a b c Grubb, W.T.; Osthoff, R.C.: Physical Properties of Organosilicon Compounds. II. Trimethylsilanol and Triethylsilanol in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75 (1953) 2230–2232; doi:10.1021/ja01105a061.
  3. ^ Paul D. Lickiss: The Synthesis and Structure of Organosilanols, Advances in Inorganic Chemistry 1995, Volume 42, Pages 147–262, doi:10.1016/S0898-8838(08)60053-7.
  4. ^ Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, Ramamoorthy Boomishankar, Selvarajan Nagendran: Recent Developments in the Synthesis and Structure of Organosilanols, Chem. Rev. 2004, volume 104, pp 5847–5910, doi:10.1021/cr0306135.
  5. ^ Trimethylsilanol, Harold L. Kaplan, Martin E. Coleman, John T. James: Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants, Volume 1 (1994).
  6. ^ http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/bgi/Documents/Fall%25202009/Removal_of_Siloxanes_.pdf[dead link]
  7. ^ Didier Astruc: Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis. Springer Science & Business Media, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-46129-6, S. 331 ([1], p. 331, at Google Books).
  8. ^ J.A. Cella, J.C. Carpenter: Procedures for the preparation of silanols in J. Organomet. Chem. 480 (1994), 23–23; doi:10.1016/0022-328X(94)87098-5
  9. ^ M. Lovric, I. Cepanec, M. Litvic, A. Bartolincic, V. Vinkovic: Croatia Chem. Acta 80 (2007), 109–115
  10. ^ a b T. Kagiya, Y. Sumida, T. Tachi: An Infrared Spectroscopic Study of hydrogen Bonding Interaction. Structural Studies of Proton-donating and -accepting Powers in Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 43 (1970), 3716–3722.
  11. ^ R. Minkwitz, S. Schneider: Die Tieftemperaturkristallstruktur von Trimethylsilanol. In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B. 53, 1998, S. 426–429 (PDF, freier Volltext).
  12. ^ Batuew et al. in Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 95 (1954) 531.
  13. ^ Hamada, Tomoaki; Manabe, Kai; Kobayashi, Shū (13 January 2006). "Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reactions Activated by ZnF2 Chiral Diamine in Aqueous Media". Chemistry - A European Journal. 12 (4): 1205–1215. doi:10.1002/chem.200500673. PMID 16267871. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  14. ^ Yun-mi Kim, Samuel Farrah, Ronald H. Baney (2006). "Silanol – A novel class of antimicrobial agent". Electronic Journal of Biotechnology. 9 (2): 176–180. doi:10.2225/vol9-issue2-fulltext-4.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)