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Bis(dimethylamino)methylsilane is used as a reagent in the pharmaceutical industry, primarily in silanation reactions.

Bis(dimethylamino)methylsilane can be used as a protecting group for reactive hydrogens in alcohols, amines, thiols, and carboxylic acids. Organosilanes are hydrogen-like, can be introduced in high yield, and can be removed under selective conditions. They are stable over a wide range of reaction conditions and can be removed in the presence of other functional groups, including other protecting groups.