Sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide, 2M soln. in THF

General References:

1. Useful sterically hindered base (NaHMDS) for, e.g. generation of enolates, Wittig reagents or carbenes.
2. Used as a base for the preparation of ester enolates: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 93, 4945 (1971). Has been found to be superior to LDA for preparation of (Z)-enolates of ketones under thermodynamic control: Tetrahedron Lett., 30, 2779 (1989).
3. In the Wittig reaction, gives Li salt-free product distribution patterns, with selective (Z)-alkene formation: Chem. Ber., 109, 1694 (1976); Tetrahedron Lett., 30, 2173 (1989). For formation of anions of benzylic phosphonates and subsequent ɑɑ-difluorination, see N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide, L13955.
4. Found to give better yields than LiHMDS or KHMDS for the carbenoid reactions with Dibromomethane, A10456: Synthesis, 201 (1972); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 11, 326 (1972).
5. Sufficiently nucleophilic to act as a protected form of ammonia in the synthesis of primary amines from halides and tosylates: Chem. Ber., 117, 1250 (1984).
6. Lis, A. V.; Tsyrendorzhieva, I. P.; Albanov, A. I.; Shainyan, B. A.; Rakhlin, V. I. Reaction of sodium bis(trimethylsilyl) amide with bromotoluenes. Russ. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 51 (3), 335-340.
7. Block, M.; Bette, M.; Wagner, C.; Schmidt, J.; Steinborn, D. Rhodium(I) complexes with κP coordinated ω-phosphinofunctionalized alkyl phenyl sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone ligands and their reactions with sodium bis (trimethylsilyl) amide and Ag [BF₄]. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 696 (9), 1768-1781.