Sa. Hardinger et N. Wijaya, A MILD METHOD FOR RAPID TERT-BUTYLDIPHENYLSILYLATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ALCOHOLS, Tetrahedron letters, 34(24), 1993, pp. 3821-3824
A rapid and efficient method for the protection of primary and seconda
ry alcohols as their tert-butyldiphenylsilyl (tBDPS) ethers was develo
ped. Reaction of the alcohol and tBDPSCl in DMF with AgNO3, NH4NO3, or
NH4ClO4 provides good yields of the corresponding silyl ethers.