Mike Stanton's definitions

TBDMS

abbreviation in organic chemistry for the
t-butyldimethylsilyl protective group (commonly used to protect alcohols, rendering them unreactive to a variety of reaction conditions).
A TBDMS group can be removed to reveal the alcohol either under acidic conditions or by employing fluoride ion.

The alcohol was protected as a TBDMS ether.

by Mike Stanton October 2, 2005