The Use of Silica Sulfuric Acid as an Efficient Catalyst for Deprotection of Trimethylsilyl Ethers to the Corresponding Alcohols under Mild and Heterogeneous Conditions

A. Bamoniri^a,*, M.A. Zolfigol^b, I. Mohammadpoor-Baltork^c and B.F. Mirjalili^d
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^aDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran

^bChemistry Department, College of Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

^cDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

^dDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

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(Received 2 August 2005, Accepted 7 January 2006)

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����� Silica sulfuric acid was used as a suitable catalyst for the conversion of trimethylsilyl ethers to the corresponding alcohols in the presence of wet SiO₂ in high yields at room temperature.

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Keywords: Silica sulfuric acid, Trimethylsilyl ethers, Alcohols