Abstract
Irradiation of alcohols or phenols with tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (TBDMSCl) or trimethylsilyl chloride (TMSCl) in presence of catalytic amount (20 mol%) of iodine in a microwave oven for 2 min gives the corresponding silyl ethers in excellent yield. Iodine in methanol deprotects the silyl ether into its parent alcohol or phenol under similar reaction conditions.
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to the Director, RRL Jorhat for providing the facilities, ND & IS thank CSIR for their Senior Research Fellowships and JCS thanks JSPS for the invitation Fellowship.