Author's Organization:Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University:(Present address)Research Laboratories, Torii & Co., Ltd. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
Trimethylsilyldiazomethane reacts smoothly with phenols and enols in methanolic acetonitrile solution in the presence of N, N-diisopropylethylamine to give methyl ethers.