Chemistry Letters

Solvolysis of benzyl alcohols and ethers in 1, 2-diols and application to a deprotection of benzyl ether-type protecting groups

H Miyake, M Fujimura, T Tsumura, M Sasaki

Index: Miyake, Hideyoshi; Fujimura, Masahiro; Tsumura, Takatsugu; Sasaki, Mitsuru Chemistry Letters, 2006 , vol. 35, # 7 p. 778 - 779

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Abstract

Some kinds of benzyl alcohols and ethers react with 1, 2-diols, such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, at 130–190° C to give 2-hydroxyethyl or 2-hydroxypropyl ethers. Application of this reaction to a deprotection of benzyl ether-type protecting groups, under neutral conditions, was also described.