T. Suzuki et T. Oriyama, A novel and chemoselective transformation of alcohol silyl ethers into thecorresponding tetrahydropyranyl ethers, SYNTHESIS-S, (4), 2001, pp. 555-558
Direct conversion of alcohol silyl ethers into the corresponding tetrahydro
pyranyl (THP) ethers can be easily performed by reaction with THP acetate u
nder the influence of a catalytic amount of tert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluo
romethanesulfonate (TB-SOTf). Aliphatic TBS ether can be selectively transf
ormed into the corresponding THP ether in the presence of phenolic TBS ethe
r.