Preparation

a dry 1 L, three-necked round bottomed flask is equipped with a magnetic stirring bar, a 500mL equalizing dropping funnel fitted with a rubber septum, a reflux condenser, and nitrogen inlet tube. The flask is flushed with nitrogen, then charged with 127 g (0.5 mol) of diphenyldichlorosilane in 300mL of redistilled pentane. A solution of tbutyllithium in pentane (500 mL, 0.55 mol), is transferred under nitrogen pressure to the dropping funnel using a stainless steel, double-tip transfer needle. This solution is slowly added to the contents of the flask and when the addition is complete, the mixture is refluxed 30 h under nitrogen with stirring. The suspension is allowed to cool to rt, the precipitated lithium chloride is rapidly filtered through a pad of Celite, and the latter is washed with 200mL of pentane. The solvent is removed by evaporation, and the colorless residue is distilled through a short (10 cm), Vigreux column, to give 125–132 g of the colorless title compound.

Purification Methods

Purify it by repeated fractional distillaton. It is soluble in DMF and pentane [Hanessian & Lavalee Can J Chem 53 2975 1975, Robl et al. J Med Chem 34 2804 1991]. [Beilstein 4 IV 4076 for tert-butylchlorodimethylsilane.]

Physical properties

colorless liquid, bp 93–95°C/0.015 mmHg; n20 D 1.5680; d 1.057 g cm?3.