Tetrahedron Letters

One-step conversion of silyl/THP ethers into the corresponding acetates

KL Chandra, P Saravanan, VK Singh

Index: Chandra, Kusum L; Saravanan, P; Singh, Vinod K Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 31 p. 5309 - 5311

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Abstract

A variety of silyl and THP ethers were directly converted into the corresponding acetates using acetic anhydride in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu (OTf) 2 in CH2Cl2. It was observed that MEM ethers could also be cleaved under the same conditions. The reaction was also studied with other Lewis acids.