Trisilane, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)-

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Procedure: A dried reaction flask equipped for magnetic stirring and fitted with a reflux condenser was flushed with nitrogen and charged with toluene (500 mL). Oxygen was purged from the system by passing a stream of nitrogen through the solvent, 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (43.1 g, 500 mmol), tris(trimethylsilyl)silane (25.0 g, 100 mmol), and 1,1′-azobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile) (1.22 g, 5 mmol) were added to the flask, and the reaction mixture was heated for 20 hours at 110° C. with stirring. The resulting solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, and distillation under vacuum (bp 90-104° C. at 0.10 mm) afforded the title compound (25.1 g, 74%) as a colorless solid. The distilled product was characterized by the following NMR data: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 0.14 (s, 27 H), 0.70-0.80 (m, 2 H), 1.17 (s, 6 H), 1.30 (br s, 1 H), 1.45-1.55 (m, 2 H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.06 (9 C), 1.24 (1 C), 28.35 (2 C), 42.99 (1 C), 71.64 (1 C); 29Si NMR (CDCl3) δ −80.90 (1 Si), −12.83 (3 Si). A dried reaction flask equipped fitted with a reflux condenser was flushed with nitrogen charged with toluene (500 mL) Oxygen was purged from the system were added to the flask with stirring The resulting solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, and distillation under vacuum (bp 90-104° C. at 0.10 mm)