Ferf-butyldiphenylsilyl ether

First conversion of primary alcohol 3 to the ferf-butyldiphenylsilyl ether 15 occurs. In the field of silyl ethers the TPS group as well as the triisopropylsilyl (TIPS) group are the most stable protecting groups against a large variety of reaction conditions - consequently they are frequently used in organic synthesis (see Chapter 2). ... 

A highly selective and mild procedure for cleavage of TBDMS ethers to the corresponding alcohols by using Oxone was developed recently. Interestingly, it has been found that ferf-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS) ether and certain acid-labile groups such as tetrahydropy-ranyl (THP),, V-Boc or a carbon-carbon double bond remain unaffected under the reaction... 

The selective cleavage of the IV-t-butoxycarbonyl group in the presence of TBDMS (t-butyldimethylsilyl) (selective only when the protected alcohol was phenolic) or TBDPS (ferf-butyldiphenylsilyl) (completely selective) ethers can be achieved68 using a saturated solution of HC1 in ethyl acetate. 

A special category of ethers are trimethylsilyl ethers. Trimethylsilyl ethers of primary alcohols, on treatment with Jones reagent, give acids [590]. On treatment with A-bromosuccinimide under irradiation, trimethylsilyl ethers yield esters [744]. Secondary alkyl trimethylsilyl ethers are converted into ketones by oxidation with both reagents [590, 744, 981]. Oxidation with Jones reagent is regiospecific the 2-ferf-butyldimethylsilyl 11-Krf-butyldiphenylsilyl ether of 2,11-dodecanediol is oxidized only in the sterically less hindered position [590]. Trimethylsilyl ethers of tertiary alcohols are degraded by periodic acid to carboxylic acids with shorter chains [755] (equations 336-339). 

In this section, the formation and cleavage of eight protecting groups for alcohols and phenols are presented acetate acetonides for diols benzyl ether para-methoxybenzyl (PMB) ether methyl ether methoxymethylene (MOM) ether ferf-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS) silyl ether and tetrahydropyran (THP). 

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