Tetrahedron

PH dependence of hydrolytic removal of silyl group from trialkylsilyl ethers

N Shirai, K Moriya, Y Kawazoe

Index: Shirai, Naohiro; Moriya, Kiyoshi; Kawazoe, Yutaka Tetrahedron, 1986 , vol. 42, # 8 p. 2211 - 2214

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Abstract

Rate constants for the acid and base-catalyzed hydrolysis of the trialkylsilyl ethers of alcohols were quantitatively correlated with Taft's σ* and Es values of the substituents on Si and O atoms of the ether linkage. The regression equations for kH, and kOH were satisfactorily computed.