Additional Properties
Hydrolytic Sensitivity 3: reacts with aqueous base Application Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials.1 Reference 1. Sellinger, A. et al. Chem. Mater. 1996, 8, 1592. Safety
Packaging Under Nitrogen Siloxane-Based Silane Reducing Agent Organosilanes are hydrocarbon-like and possess the ability to serve as both ionic and free-radical reducing agents. These reagents and their reaction by-products are safer and more easily handled and disposed than many other reducing agents. The metallic nature of silicon and its low electronegativity relative to hydrogen lead to polarization of the Si-H bond yielding a hydridic hydrogen and a milder reducing agent compared to aluminum-, boron-, and other metal-based hydrides. A summary of some key silane reductions are presented in Table 1 of the Silicon-Based Reducing Agents brochure. Octakis(dimethylsilo
xy)-T8-silsesquioxan
e; Octakis(dimethylsilo
xy)octaprismosilsesq
uioxane
Solid siloxane reducing agent
Offers 8 Si–H bonds
Potential for easy removal of silicon by-products
Soluble: hexane, methylene chloride
Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials
Extensive review of silicon based reducing agents: Larson, G.; Fry, J. L. "Ionic and Organometallic-Catal
yzed Organosilane Reductions", Wipf, P., Ed.; Wiley, 2007
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Additional Properties
Hydrolytic Sensitivity 3: reacts with aqueous base Application Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials.1 Reference 1. Sellinger, A. et al. Chem. Mater. 1996, 8, 1592. Safety
Packaging Under Nitrogen Siloxane-Based Silane Reducing Agent Organosilanes are hydrocarbon-like and possess the ability to serve as both ionic and free-radical reducing agents. These reagents and their reaction by-products are safer and more easily handled and disposed than many other reducing agents. The metallic nature of silicon and its low electronegativity relative to hydrogen lead to polarization of the Si-H bond yielding a hydridic hydrogen and a milder reducing agent compared to aluminum-, boron-, and other metal-based hydrides. A summary of some key silane reductions are presented in Table 1 of the Silicon-Based Reducing Agents brochure. Octakis(dimethylsilo
xy)-T8-silsesquioxan
e; Octakis(dimethylsilo
xy)octaprismosilsesq
uioxane
Solid siloxane reducing agent
Offers 8 Si–H bonds
Potential for easy removal of silicon by-products
Soluble: hexane, methylene chloride
Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials
Extensive review of silicon based reducing agents: Larson, G.; Fry, J. L. "Ionic and Organometallic-Catal
yzed Organosilane Reductions", Wipf, P., Ed.; Wiley, 2007
Additional Properties
Hydrolytic Sensitivity 3: reacts with aqueous base Application Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials.1 Reference 1. Sellinger, A. et al. Chem. Mater. 1996, 8, 1592. Safety
Packaging Under Nitrogen Siloxane-Based Silane Reducing Agent Organosilanes are hydrocarbon-like and possess the ability to serve as both ionic and free-radical reducing agents. These reagents and their reaction by-products are safer and more easily handled and disposed than many other reducing agents. The metallic nature of silicon and its low electronegativity relative to hydrogen lead to polarization of the Si-H bond yielding a hydridic hydrogen and a milder reducing agent compared to aluminum-, boron-, and other metal-based hydrides. A summary of some key silane reductions are presented in Table 1 of the Silicon-Based Reducing Agents brochure. Octakis(dimethylsilo
xy)-T8-silsesquioxan
e; Octakis(dimethylsilo
xy)octaprismosilsesq
uioxane
Solid siloxane reducing agent
Offers 8 Si–H bonds
Potential for easy removal of silicon by-products
Soluble: hexane, methylene chloride
Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials
Extensive review of silicon based reducing agents: Larson, G.; Fry, J. L. "Ionic and Organometallic-Catal
yzed Organosilane Reductions", Wipf, P., Ed.; Wiley, 2007
Additional Properties
Hydrolytic Sensitivity 3: reacts with aqueous base
Application
Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials.1
Reference
1. Sellinger, A. et al. Chem. Mater. 1996, 8, 1592.
Safety
Packaging Under Nitrogen
Siloxane-Based Silane Reducing Agent
Organosilanes are hydrocarbon-like and possess the ability to serve as both ionic and free-radical reducing agents. These reagents and their reaction by-products are safer and more easily handled and disposed than many other reducing agents. The metallic nature of silicon and its low electronegativity relative to hydrogen lead to polarization of the Si-H bond yielding a hydridic hydrogen and a milder reducing agent compared to aluminum-, boron-, and other metal-based hydrides. A summary of some key silane reductions are presented in Table 1 of the Silicon-Based Reducing Agents brochure.
Octakis(dimethylsiloxy)-T8-silsesquioxane; Octakis(dimethylsiloxy)octaprismosilsesquioxane
Solid siloxane reducing agent
Offers 8 Si–H bonds
Potential for easy removal of silicon by-products
Soluble: hexane, methylene chloride
Forms derivatives suitable for composite dental materials
Extensive review of silicon based reducing agents: Larson, G.; Fry, J. L. "Ionic and Organometallic-Catalyzed Organosilane Reductions", Wipf, P., Ed.; Wiley, 2007
