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organic compounds
Trimethylsilyl N-(4-bromophenyl)carbamate, C10H14BrNO2Si, and trimethylsilyl N-tert-butyl-N-phenylcarbamate, C14H23NO2Si, are both important silylating agents. The structures of both molecules are dominated by a plane containing a remarkably large number of atoms. The planes are organized by delocalization around the carbamate moiety. A quasi-pentacoordination of the Si atom in both compounds is also described.