Application of SO 3 H Silica Gel to Deprotection of Silyl Ethers. -O-Si bonds in various alkyl and aryl silyl ethers are efficiently cleaved by a new SO3H silica gel on which alkylsulfonic acid group are immobilized. -(FUJII, H.; YAMADA, T.; HAYASHIDA, K.; KUWADA, M.; HAMASAKI, A.; NOBUHARA, K.; OZEKI, S.; NAGASE*, H.; Heterocycles 85 (2012) 11, 2685-2691, http://dx.doi.org/10.3987/com-12-12577 ; Sch. Pharm., Kitasato Univ., Minato, Tokyo 108, Japan; Eng.) -H. Toeppel 11-038