Facile and regioselective dealkylation of alkyl aryl ethers using niobium (V) pentachloride

Y Sudo, S Arai, A Nishida

Index: European Journal of Organic Chemistry, , # 3 p. 752 - 758

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Citation Number: 21

Abstract

... European Journal of Organic Chemistry. ... J. Org. ... The removal of alkyl groups from alkyl aryl ethers is one of the most fundamental reactions in organic synthesis, and strong Lewis acids (BBr 3 13,14 and TMSI15,16) and nucleophiles (EtSNa17,18 and NaN(TMS) 2 19) have been ...