Abstract
The room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMImPF6) is used as a “green” recyclable alternative to conventional solvents for the silylation of a series of hydroxyl compounds (alcohols and phenols) with t-butyldimethylchlorosilane (TBDMCS), which has some advantages such as simplicity of the synthetic procedure, the potential for recycling of the ionic liquid and the environmentally benign.