The di-t-butylsilylene protecting group for diols

BM Trost, CG Caldwell

Index: Trost, Barry M.; Caldwell, Charles G. Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 50 p. 4999 - 5002

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Abstract

... THE DI-t-BUTYLSILYLENE PROTECTING GROUP FOR DIOLS Barry M. Trost and Charles G. Caldwell McElvain Laboratories of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 ABSTRACT: Di-t-butyldichlorosilane reacts with diols to yield the corresponding di-t-butylsilylene derivatives. This useful protecting group is readily removed by treatment with pyridinium hydrofluoride. ...