A mild and feasible deprotection of alcohol tetrahydropyranyl or methoxymethyl ethers catalyzed by Sc (OTf) 3

T Oriyama, T Watahiki, Y Kobayashi…

Index: Oriyama; Watahiki; Kobayashi; Hirano; Suzuki Synthetic Communications, 2001 , vol. 31, # 15 p. 2305 - 2311

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Abstract

Tetrahydropyranyl or methoxymethyl ethers can be easily deprotected by treatment of a catalytic amount of scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate along with methanol or 1, 3- propanediol, respectively, to afford the corresponding parent alcohols in high to excellent yields.