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Hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS) is a colorless or yellowish transparent liquid with a measured melting point of -68.2°C and a measured boiling point of 100.5°C at 1013 hPa. The measured vapor pressure is 44.51 hPa at 20 oC. The measured water solubility is 0.93 ± 0.63 mg/L at 23 oC. The measured log Kow of HMDS is 5.20 at 20 oC. Estimated log Koc values using EPISuite v 4.10 range from 2.5 (MCI method) to 4.5 (Kow method). As Episuite does not contain fragments for siloxanes for log Koc predictions, these values should be treated with caution. The potential for hydrolysis of the test substance may have influenced the determination of partition coefficient and water solubility.

mp ?59 °C; bp 101 °C/760 mmHg; d 0.764 g cm?3.

ChEBI: An organosiloxane consisting of two trimethylsilyl groups covalently bound to a central oxygen.

Synthesis of hexamethyldisiloxane by hydrolysis of trimethylsilyl chloride, water and sodium hydroxide.

Produced via acid hydrolysis of chlorotrimethylsilane and purification by distillation.

Highlyflammable(100%)

Fractionally distil through a column packed with glass helices with ca 15 theoretical 20 1.3777. plates. It is highly flammable and is an irritant. [Mills & McKenzie J Am Chem Soc 76 2672 1954, Csakvari et al. J Organometal Chem 107 287 1976, Beilstein 4 IV 4018.]