A rapid method for selective cleavage of aryl methylethers can be achieved in the presence of a protic acid and a catalytic amount of phase-transfer catalyst (Aliquat-336). Aliquat-336 accelerates the rate of reaction and affords the corresponding phenols in excellent to good yields on a wide variety of substrates. ... [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications® for the following free supplemental ...