Tetrahedron Letters

Pd/C-mediated depropargylation of propargyl ethers/amines in water

D Rambabu, S Bhavani, NK Swamy, MVB Rao, M Pal

Index: Rambabu; Bhavani; Swamy, Nalivela Kumara; Basaveswara Rao; Pal, Manojit Tetrahedron Letters, 2013 , vol. 54, # 9 p. 1169 - 1173

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Abstract

Propargyl ethers and amines are effectively depropargylated to the parent alcohols or amines via a C− O/C− N bond cleavage catalyzed by 10% Pd/C in water. This simple, facile, and inexpensive methodology could be utilized for the selective removal of propargyl groups from a variety of aryl ethers and amines.