CAS: 2857-97-8
[2857-97-8], C3H9BrSi, F.W. 153.09, m.p. -44°, b.p. 78-80°, f.p. -3°(26°F), d. 1.183, n20/D 1.4250, UN2920, EINECS 220-672-0, BRN 1731135, MDL MFCD00000048, TSCA Yes
Hazard Codes: H226-H314
Precautionary Codes: P210-P240-P241-P242-P243-P264b-P271-P280-P301+P330+P331-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P310-P363-P370+P378r-P403+P233-P501c
Silylating agent; see Appendix 4. About 104x more reactive than TMSCl in the conversion of ketones to their silyl enol ethers in the presence of Et3N: Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1718 (1980).
Converts alcohols to alkyl bromides: Tetrahedron Lett., 4483 (1978), and acyl chlorides to acyl bromides: Synthesis, 216 (1981).
Acetals, including MOM and THP ethers are readily cleaved, as are trityl and TBDMS ethers: Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 2515 (1984). Methyl glycosides are converted to the glycosyl bromides: Tetrahedron Lett., 22, 513 (1981).
Epoxides, oxetanes and THF are cleaved by the reagent: Synthesis, 383 (1981), as are small ring lactones: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 18, 689 (1979). The cleavage of acyclic ethers and esters is markedly catalyzed by IBr: J. Org. Chem., 48, 1678 (1983).
In combination with DMSO and Et3N, effects the bromolactonization of unsaturated acids: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 847 (1994).
Effective catalyst for Michaelis-Arbuzov rearrangement of trivalent organophosphorus P-O-R compounds to the corresponding P=O derivatives: Org. Lett., 5, 1661 (2003).
Compare also Iodotrimethylsilane, A12902.
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