Dodecamethylcyclohexasilane is the

organosilicon compound Organosilicon chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds containing carbon–silicon bonds, to which they are called organosilicon compounds. Most organosilicon compounds are similar to the ordinary organic compounds, being colourless, f ...

with the formula . It is one of the more readily prepared and easily handled polysilanes. Dodecamethylcyclohexasilane is produced by reduction of

dimethyldichlorosilane Dimethyldichlorosilane is a tetrahedral organosilicon compound with the formula . At room temperature it is a colorless liquid that readily reacts with water to form both linear and cyclic Si-O chains. Dimethyldichlorosilane is made on an indust ...

with sodium-potassium alloy: : where M is Na or K. The reaction also produces a

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poly(dimethylsilylene) and a

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decamethylcyclopentasilane . The chair conformer of dodecamethylcyclohexasilane was confirmed by

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Reactions

Dodecamethylcyclohexasilane reacts with potassium ''tert''-butoxide to give the potassium derivative: :{{chem2, (CH3)12Si6 + KOC(CH3)3 → K(CH3)11Si6 + CH3OC(CH3)3

References

Carbosilanes Silanes Six-membered rings