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SUBMITTER: Han SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4228375 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han Seo-Jung SJ de Melo Gabriel Fernando GF Stoltz Brian M BM
Tetrahedron letters 20141101 47
A mild and efficient <i>o</i>- and <i>p</i>-nitrobenzyl cleavage protocol was developed. <i>o</i>- and <i>p</i>-Nitrobenzyl groups were easily removed from a variety of substrates using 20% aqueous NaOH in methanol at 75 °C, presumably via oxidation at the benzylic position by oxygen dissolved in the solution. These easily introducible and removable nitrobenzyl groups can serve as valuable protecting groups for the synthesis of multifunctional, complex molecules. ...[more]