The use of a 0.25M CH3OH/CCl4 (1:1) solvent mixture under ultrasound f
or the selective deprotection of tert-butyldimethlysilyl ethers of ben
zyl alcohols is described. This method enables to deprotect tert-butyl
dimethlysilyl ethers of primary alcohols, whereas tert-butyldimethlysi
lyl ethers of secondary and tertiary alcohols were stable under the re
action condition.