Abstract
A variety of trimethylsilyl (TMS) ethers of alcohols and phenols are easily and rapidly removed in the presence of catalytic amounts of bismuth(III) salts, including BiCl3, Bi(TFA)3, and Bi(OTf)3 in methanol at room temperature in excellent yields. tert-Butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) ethers are inert towards BiCl3 and Bi(TFA)3, but in the presence of Bi(OTf)3, the corresponding alcohols are obtained in excellent yields.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are thankful to the Isfahan University Research Council for partial support of this work.