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For use in: silylation of 1,3-diketones, see Hexamethyldisilazane, A15139; introduction of the TBDMS and TBDPS groups; see: tert-Butyldimethylchlorosilane, A13064, and tert-Butyldiphenylchlorosilane, A12721, respectively.• With 2 moles of an aroyl halide gives, after hydrolysis, good yields of 2-aroylimidazoles: Synthesis, 675 (1978).
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Nucleophilic catalyst for many acylation and silylation reactions, compare 4-(Dimethylamino)pyridine, A13016.• In combination with triphenylphosphine and iodine, vic-diols are converted to alkenes: Synthesis, 469 (1979), and alcohols to alkyl iodides: Synth. Commun., 20, 1473 (1990).