Sodium trimethylsiloxide


Sodium trimethylsiloxide is an organosilicon compound with the formula NaOSi3. It is the sodium salt of the conjugate base derived from trimethylsilanol. A white solid, its molecular structure consists of a cluster with Na-O-Na linkages on the basis of closely related compounds.
The salt is used to prepare trimethylsiloxide complexes by salt metathesis. Trimethylsiloxide is a lipophilic pseudohalide.
It is a source of oxide dianion.

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