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Tetrabutylammonium tribromide (TBATB)-MeOH: An efficient chemoselective reagent for the cleavage of tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) ethers

R Gopinath, BK Patel

Index: Gopinath, Rangam; Patel, Bhisma K. Organic Letters, 2000 , vol. 2, # 26 p. 4177 - 4180

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Abstract

TBDMS, THP, and DMT ethers are efficiently deprotected with tetrabutylammonium tribromide in methanol. The apparent order of stability of different protecting group is phenolic TBDMS> 1° OTBDPS> 2° OTBDMS> 2° OTHP> 1° OTHP> 1° OTBDMS> 1° ODMT. TBDMS ether has been cleaved selectively in the presence of isopropylidine, Bn, Ac, Bz, THP, and TBDPS groups. This method is high yielding, fast, clean, safe, cost-effective, and ...