Deprotection of benzylic esters catalysed by anhydrous ferric chloride and rhenium carbonyl compounds

Timothy J. Davies; R. V H Jones; W. Edward Lindsell; Colin Miln; Peter N. Preston

Deprotection of benzylic esters catalysed by anhydrous ferric chloride and rhenium carbonyl compounds

Timothy J. Davies
, R. V H Jones
, W. Edward Lindsell
, Colin Miln
, Peter N. Preston

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

Anhydrous ferric chloride and [Re(CO)₄Br]₂ are shown to be useful reagents for the catalytic deprotection of benzylic esters. A suitable protecting group is p-MeC₆H₄CH₂ with a working temperature of 50°C for debenzylation. © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	487-488
Number of pages	2
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	43
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 14 Jan 2002

Keywords

Carboxylic acids
Debenzylation
Protecting groups
Transition metal catalysts

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Deprotection of benzylic esters catalysed by anhydrous ferric chloride and rhenium carbonyl compounds

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