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SUBMITTER: Howard KT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4986612 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Howard Kyle T KT Duffy Brian C BC Linaburg Matthew R MR Chisholm John D JD
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20160201 5
Alcohols are effectively converted to their corresponding diphenylmethyl (DPM) ethers by reaction with O-diphenylmethyl trichloroacetimidate in refluxing toluene without the requirement of a catalyst or other additives. A number of acid and base sensitive substrates were protected in excellent yield using this new method without disturbing the pre-existing functionality present in these molecules. This reaction is the first example of the formation of an ether from stoichiometric amounts of a tr ...[more]