Trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf) is an organosilicon compound with the formula (CH 3) 3SiO 3SCF 3. It is a colorless moisture-sensitive liquid. It is the trifluoromethanesulfonate derivative of trimethylsilyl.[1] It is mainly used to activate ketones and aldehydes in organic synthesis.
Reactions
TMSOTf is quite sensitive toward hydrolysis:
(CH 3) 3SiO 3SCF 3 + H 2O → (CH 3) 3SiOH + HO 3SCF 3
A common use of (CH 3) 3SiO 3SCF 3 is for the preparation of silyl enol ethers.[3][4] One example involves the synthesis of the silyl enol ether of camphor:
Trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate has a variety of other specialized uses. It has been used to install tert-alkyl groups on phosphine (R = alkyl):[6]
PH3 + R3C–OAc + Me3SiOTf → [(R3C)2PH2]OTf
Deprotection of Boc-protected amines can be achieved using trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate and triethylamine or 2,6-lutidine.[7][8]
TMSOTf is also a useful reagent to replace metal-halogen bonds with a covalent M-O(SO2CF3) bond, the by-product being the highly volatile TMSCl which is easily removed.
References
↑Joseph Sweeney; Gemma Perkins; Enrique Aguilar; Manuel A. Fernández-Rodríguez; Rodolfo Marquez; Eric Amigues; Ricardo Lopez-Gonzalez (2018). "Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rt338. ISBN978-0-471-93623-7.
↑Boeckman, Robert; Tusch, Douglas J.; Biegasiewicz, Kyle F. (2015). "(S)-1,1-Diphenylprolinol Trimethylsilyl Ether". Organic Syntheses92: 309–319. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.092.0309.
↑Efficient Stereoselective Synthesis of Proanthocyanidin Trimers with TMSOTf-Catalyzed Intermolecular Condensation. Akiko Saito, Akira Tanaka, Makoto Ubukata and Noriyuki Nakajima, Synlett, 2004, volume 6, pages 1069-1073, doi:10.1055/s-2004-822905
↑Love, Kerry R.; Seeberger, Peter H. (2005). "Synthesis and Use of Glycosyl Phosphates as Glycosyl Donors". Organic Syntheses81: 225. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.081.0225.
↑Kuehne, Martin E.; Xu, Feng (1 December 1998). "Syntheses of Strychnan- and Aspidospermatan-Type Alkaloids. 10. An Enantioselective Synthesis of (−)-Strychnine through the Wieland−Gumlich Aldehyde". The Journal of Organic Chemistry63 (25): 9427–9433. doi:10.1021/jo9813989.