Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2008,4, No. 27, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.27
, hexamethyldisilazane, aminosilanes, N-trimethylsilylalkanamines, N-trimethylsilyl-2-oxazolidinone, N-trimethylsilylacetamide, or trialkylsilyl 2-methallylprop-2-ene-1-sulfinates have been extensively utilized for the transformation of carboxylic acids into the desired silyl esters [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36
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Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1:
Dehydrogenative silyl ester synthesis with Ru3(CO)12/EtI.