Chlorotrimethylsilane

An organic compound, C3H9ClSi, 108.644 g/mol. Boiling point 57 °C, melting point -40 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₃H₉ClSi
Molecular weight: 108.644 g/mol
Exact mass: 108.016204 g/mol
SMILES: C[Si](C)(C)Cl
InChI: InChI=1S/C3H9ClSi/c1-5(2,3)4/h1-3H3
InChIKey: IJOOHPMOJXWVHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 135 °F at 760 mmHg (EPA, 1998)measured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.; 57 °Cmeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001., p. 1132; 57 °Cmeasured · reference compound database; 57 °C @760 [mm Hg]measured · reference compound database
Melting Point: -72 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.; -40 °Cmeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 10th ed. Volumes 1-3 New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1999., p. V3: 3586; -58 °Cmeasured · reference compound database; -40 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Flash Point: 0 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.; [ERG 2016] -28 °Cmeasured · reference compound database; -18 °F (-28 °C) (Closed cup)measured · Fire Protection Guide to Hazardous Materials. 13 ed. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, 2002., p. 325-111; 0 °F (Open cup)measured · U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. CHRIS - Hazardous Chemical Data. Volume II. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984-5.; -27 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility: Decomposes (NTP, 1992)measured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.; Sol in benzene, ether, perchloroethylenemeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001., p. 1132; Solubility in water: reactionmeasured · reference compound database
Density: 0.854 at 77 °F (EPA, 1998) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.; 0.854 AT 25 °C/25 °Cmeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001., p. 1132; Relative density (water = 1): 0.85measured · reference compound database; 0.854 @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Vapor Pressure: 608 mmHg at 68 °F ; 40 mmHg at 11.5 °F; 100 mmHg at 42.8 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.; 234.0 [mmHg]measured · reference compound database; 234 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · Boublik, T., Fried, V., and Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances. Second Revised Edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1984., p. 42; Vapor pressure, kPa at 20 °C: 26.7measured · reference compound database
Refractive Index: Index of refraction = 1.3870 at 25 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R., G.W.A. Milne (eds.). Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volume I. 3rd ed. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton ,FL. 1994., p. V5: 4927

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

logP: 2.0601calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 29.199 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.3293calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon3 atoms · 33.2% by mass
Cl Chlorine1 atom · 32.6% by mass
Si Silicon1 atom · 25.9% by mass
H Hydrogen9 atoms · 8.4% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 5
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 14
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Chlorotrimethylsilane yet.

Other names for it

No systematic name is recorded.

The sources also call it TRIMETHYLCHLOROSILANE, Trimethylsilyl chloride, Silane, chlorotrimethyl-, Trimethyl chlorosilane, Monochlorotrimethylsilicon, Silane, trimethylchloro-, Silicane, chlorotrimethyl-, Silylium, trimethyl-, chloride, trimethylsilane chloride, monochlorotrimethylsilane, trimethyl silyl chloride, Chlorotrimethylsilicane.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Chlorotrimethylsilane has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Chlorotrimethylsilane. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

1,2-Dibromoethane

used as a reactant

C₂H₄Br₂, 187.862 g/mol.

Where these values came from

chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.