A mild and efficient method for the deprotection of the TBS and THP ethers is described. A wide variety of TBS ethers as well as THP ethers can be easily deprotected to the corresponding parent hydroxyl compounds by employing a catalytic amount of tris(4-bromophenyl)aminium hexachloroantimonate
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