Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Protiodesilylation reactions of β-hydroxysilanes are catalyzed by crown ether, can be used to introduce deuterium, and can be used to prepare silicon-free products of silicon-directed epoxide openings; similar reactions of γ-hydroxysilanes are possible. ... The (a) IR, NMR, mass ...