The protection of amines plays an essential role in synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry, especially peptide synthesis. [ 1 1. Greene , TW ; Wuts , PGM In Protecting Group in Organic Synthesis ; John Wiley and Sons : New York , 1999 . [CrossRef] View all references ] Out of the vast array of available amine protecting groups, the tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) group has emerged as the most commonly and widely used strategy because of ease of ...