... p-ANISYL GROUP: A VERSATILE PRCYTECTING GROUP FOR PRIMARY ALCOHOLS Tohru Fukuyama*, Alison A. Laird, and Lia M. Hot chkiss Department of Chemistry, Rice University Houston, Texas 77251 Abstract: A primary alcohol can be protected as a highly stable p-anisyl ether, which undergoes mild oxidative deprotection by ceric ammonium nitrate. ...