THE USE OF NAFION-H® AS AN EFFICIENT CATALYST FOR THE DEPROTECTION OF TRIMETHYLSILYL ETHERS TO THEIR CORRESPONDING ALCOHOLS UNDER MILD AND HETEROGENEOUS CONDITIONS

Abstract

Trimethylsilyl ethers were converted to their corresponding alcohols in the presence Nafion-H® and wet SiO ₂ with good-to-excellent yields under mild and heterogeneous conditions.

Keywords:

• Heterogeneous conditions
• Nafion-H®
• trimethylsilyl ethers

Notes

*Chemicals were purchased from Fluka, Merck, and Aldrich chemicals companies. The products were characterized by comparison of their spectral (IR, ¹H NMR), TLC, and physical data with the authentic samples. All silyl ethers were synthesized according to the reported procedure. ³²