Tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride, 1M soln. in THF, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

General References:

1. Mild catalyst for the silylation of OH by silazanes: Tetrahedron Lett., 35, 8409 (1994), or by hydrosilanes and disilanes: Tetrahedron Lett., 35, 8413 (1994). See Appendix 4.
2. Specific reagent for the cleavage of silyl ethers, including TBDMS: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 94, 6190 (1972), (see tert-Butyl dimethyl chlorosilane, A13064), as well as the more stable TBDPS: Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 4 (1998), and TIPS: J. Org. Chem., 45, 4797 (1980); (see also tert-Butyl diphenyl chlorosilane, A12721 and Chlorotriisopropyl silane, A17376).
3. Ester enolates can be displaced from silicon, and trapped by reaction with carbonyl compounds without ɑ-hydrogens: Tetrahedron Lett., 1699 (1976). Under similar conditions, ketones with ɑ-hydrogens are converted under kinetic control to their silyl enol ethers with high (Z)-stereoselectivity (see Ethyl (trimethyl silyl) acetate, A17707): J. Am. Chem. Soc., 98, 2346 (1976); Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 512 (1990):
4. For the cleavage of disilanes to give metal-free silyl anions, see Hexamethyl disilane, A13155.
5. Promotes the directed aldol condensation of silyl enol ethers with aldehydes at low temperatures under very mild conditions: J. Org. Chem., 48, 932 (1983); alkali metal fluorides give poor results.
6. Reagent for deprotection of N-Boc groups under mild conditions: Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 589 (2002).
7. Many other examples exist where the reagent acts as a base in organic synthesis: