It is used to derivative polar organic compounds. N,N-Diethyl(trimethylsilyl)amine is a chemical reagent with wide application in organic chemistry and used in stereo specific addition reactions as well as in SN2 nucleophilic substitutions.
Trimethylsilyldiethylamine is a reagent used as an electrophilic trimethylsilyl source for cleavage
of cyclic ethers, esters, oxazolidines, and cyclic acetals; also as a nucleophilic source of the diethylamino group, participating in the following synthesis reactions: Trimethylsilyl Group Transfer, Diethylamino Group Transfer, Trimethylsilyldiethylamine as Halosilane Equivalent, Silylation of Alcohols, Mild Generation of Phosphonochloridates, Silylation of Amines, Diethylamino Group Transfer, Conjugate Addition, Aminoalkylation of Aldehydes, Enamine and Silyl Enol Ether Preparation, Mediation of 1,4-Conjugate Additions, etc.
ChEBI: An N-silyl compound that is diethylamine in which the amino hydrogen is replaced by a trimethylsilyl group. N-(trimethylsilyl)diethylamine is a derivatisation agent used in gas chromatography/mass spectrometry applicat
ons.
N,N-Diethyltrimethylsilylamine is a silylating agent used to derivatize polar organic compounds.
Fractionate it through a 2ft vacuum-jacketed column containing Helipak packing with a reflux ratio of 10:1. [Sauer & Hasek J Am Chem Soc 68 241 1946, Langer et al. J Org Chem 23 50 1958, Rühlmann J Prakt Chem 9 315 1959, Beilstein 4 IV 4010.]
