Silylation of alcohols and phenols by HMDS in the presence of ionic liquid and silica-supported ionic liquids

Authors

• Hassan Tajik ¹
• Khodabakhsh Niknam ²
• Somayeh Karimian ³

1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht P.O. Box 41335-1914, Iran
2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr 75169, Iran.
3. Department of Chemistry, Persian Gulf University, 75169, Boushehr, Iran.

Abstract

In this research, different alcohols and phenols are subjected to the reaction with HMDS in the presence of ionic liquid and silica-supported catalysts. Silylation was accomplished under mild reaction conditions at room temperature in short reaction times and good to excellent yields.

Keywords

• Alcohols and phenols.
• Ionic liquid
• Silylation
• Hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS)
• Silica-supported Catalyst