Convenient method for the preparation of trityl ethers from secondary alcohols.

S Colin-Messager, JP Girard, JC Rossi

Index: Colin-Messager, Sandrine; Girard, Jean-Pierre; Rossi, Jean-Claude Tetrahedron Letters, 1992 , vol. 33, # 19 p. 2689 - 2692

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Abstract

Abstract The preparation of trityl ethers from secondary alcohols (10 mmol) with triphenylmethyl chloride (1.2 eq.) is carried out at room temperature by using DBU (1.4 eq.) as base in CH 2 Cl 2. The high yielding procedure is very simple and its applicability is general.