“…The use of a silyl ether function as a protecting group of the hydroxy functionality is well documented in organic synthesis. 2 Several methods have become available for silylation of hydroxy functional groups using a variety of silylating agents, such as trimethylsilyl chloride in the presence of a base, 3 Li 2 S, 4 or Mg, 5 ketene methyltrialkylsilyl acetals, 6 allyl silanes, 7 ethyl trimethylsilyl acetate, 8 N, (p-TsCl)-Catalyzed Trimethylsilylation N-bis(trimethylsilylurea), 9 methyl 3-(trimethylsilyloxy)crotonate, 10 trimethylsilyl azide, 11 N-trimethylsilyl-2-oxazolidinone, 12 N, Obis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide, 13 and hexamethyldisilane. 14 However, some of these silylating agents suffer from drawbacks such as lack of reactivity or difficulty in removal of byproducts of the silylation reaction.…”