Highly Efficient and Selective Deprotection Method for Prenyl, Geranyl, and Phytyl Ethers and Esters Using Borontrifluoride–Etherate

T Narender, K Venkateswarlu, G Madhur…

Index: Narender; Venkateswarlu; Madhur; Reddy, K. Papi Synthetic Communications, 2013 , vol. 43, # 1 p. 26 - 33

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Abstract

An efficient, simple, and practical method has been developed for the deprotection of prenyl, geranyl, and phytyl ethers and esters of aromatic and aliphatic compounds using borontrifluoride–etherate (BF 3 · OEt 2 ) at room temperature in good to excellent yields for the first time. ... Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications® to view the free supplemental file.