Abstract
A highly efficient method for trimethylsilylation of primary, secondary, tertiary, allylic, and a variety of sugar‐derived alcohols using hexamethyldisilazane in the presence of a catalytic amount of ammonium thiocyanate under neutral conditions is reported.
Acknowledgment
We are thankful to the Department of Science and Technology (SP/S1/G‐32/2000), New Delhi, for financial support. V. H. J. and A. K. S. are thankful to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research‐University Grants Commission (CSIR‐UGC), New Delhi, for fellowships.