A mild and general palladium-catalyzed insertion of 1, 2-diethoxy-1, 1, 2, 2- tetramethyldisilane into a variety of aryl bromides affords the aryldimethylsilyl ethers in high yields. Hydrolysis of the ethers under pH-optimized conditions results in the exclusive formation of the desired aryldimethylsilanols.
