Patent ID: 7781603

Claim:
A method for producing a trimethylsilyl azide represented by the formula (3): (CH 3 ) 3 SiN 3 (3) which comprises reacting a trimethylsilyl chloride represented by the formula (1): (CH 3 ) 3 SiCl (1) with an inorganic salt of hydrogen azide represented by the formula (2): M(N 3 ) n (2) wherein M represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, and n represents 1 or 2, in the presence of a composition consisting of a phase-transfer catalyst and an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of silicon oil, liquid paraffin, dodecane, tridecane, tetradecane, pentadecane, hexadecane, heptadecane, and octadecane.