Chemistry:Triethylsilane

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Triethylsilane is the organosilicon compound with the formula (C2H5)3SiH. It is a trialkylsilane. The Si-H bond is reactive.

It was first discovered by Albert Ladenburg in 1872 among the products of reduction of tetraethyl orthosilicate with sodium and diethylzinc.[1] He also prepared it by a stepwise reduction via ethoxytriethylsilane and named it silicoheptyl hydride, reflecting the idea of a silicon compound analogous to a seven-carbon hydrocarbon.

This colorless liquid is used in organic synthesis as a reducing agent and as a precursor to silyl ethers.[2] As one of the simplest trialkylsilanes that is a liquid at room temperature, triethylsilane is often used in studies of hydrosilylation catalysis.[3]

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  1. Ladenburg, A. (1872). "Ueber die Reductionsproducte des Kieselsäureäthers und deren Derivate" (in de). Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 164 (2): 300–332. doi:10.1002/jlac.18721640212. ISSN 0075-4617. https://books.google.com/books?id=HNXyAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA300. 
  2. Fry, James L.; Rahaim, Ronald J.; Maleczka, Robert E. (2007). "Triethylsilane". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/9780470842898.rt226.pub2. ISBN 978-0471936237. 
  3. Brookhart, M.; Grant, B. E. (1993). "Mechanism of a cobalt(III)-catalyzed olefin hydrosilation reaction: Direct evidence for a silyl migration pathway". Journal of the American Chemical Society 115 (6): 2151–2156. doi:10.1021/ja00059a008.