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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 37, 2007 - Issue 8
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Original Articles

Facile Method for Trimethylsilylation of Alcohols using Hexamethyldisilazane and Ammonium Thiocyanate under Neutral Conditions

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Pages 1363-1370 | Received 22 Sep 2006, Published online: 13 Apr 2007
 

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.

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