Silane, tetramethyl-

• Formula: C₄H₁₂Si
• Molecular weight: 88.2236
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H12Si/c1-5(2,3)4/h1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CZDYPVPMEAXLPK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-76-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Tetramethylsilane; (CH3)4Si; Silicon, tetramethyl-; Tetramethylsilicane; UN 2749; Si(CH3)4; CT2050; TMS; NSC 5210; T2050
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Entropy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

References

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Harada, Atake, et al., 1977
Harada, M.; Atake, T.; Chihara, H., Thermodynamic properties of polymorphic phases of tetramethylsilane, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1977, 9, 523-534. [all data]

Aston, Kennedy, et al., 1941
Aston, J.G.; Kennedy, R.M.; Messerly, G.H., The heat capacity and entropy, heats of fusion and vaporization and the vapor pressure of silicon tetramethyl, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 2343-2348. [all data]

Shinoda, Enokida, et al., 1973
Shinoda, T.; Enokida, H.; Maeda, Y.; Tomita, H.; Mashiko, Y., Heat capacity of tetramethylsilane in the range from 2 to 26 K and premelting range, Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 1973, 46, 48-52. [all data]

PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [all data]

Sommer, Goldberg, et al., 1946
Sommer, L.H.; Goldberg, G.M.; Derfman, E.; Whitmore, F.C., Organisilicaon Compounds V. β-Elimination Involving Silicon, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1083. [all data]

McGlashan and McKinnon, 1977
McGlashan, M.L.; McKinnon, I.R., The vapor pressure, orthobaric volumes, and critical constants of tetramethylsilane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1977, 9, 1205-12. [all data]

Voronkov, Baryshok, et al., 1988
Voronkov, M.G.; Baryshok, V.P.; Klyuchnikov, V.A.; Danilova, T.F.; Pepekin, V.I.; Korchagina, A.N.; Khudobin, Yu.I., Thermochemistry of organosilicon compounds, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1988, 345, 1-2, 27-38, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-328X(88)80231-6 . [all data]

Bergmann and Haskelberg, 1941
Bergmann, F.; Haskelberg, L., Synthesis of Lipophilic Chemotherapeuticals. V. N ⁴ -Acyl-sulfanilamides ^1a, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 8, 2243-2245, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01853a062 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ΔvapS	Entropy of vaporization

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