Simple and Efficient Chemoselective Mild Deprotection of Acetals and Ketals Using Cerium(III) Triflate

Renato Dalpozzo, Antonio De Nino, Loredana Maiuolo, Antonio Procopio,* Antonio Tagarelli, Giovanni Sindona, and Giuseppe Bartoli
Dipartimento di Chimica, Universit della Calabria, I-87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Organica A. Mangini, viale Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy %procopio@unical.it
J. Org. Chem., 2002, 67 (25), pp 9093–9095
DOI: 10.1021/jo0260387
Publication Date (Web): November 15, 2002
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Abstract

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A new and chemoselective method for the cleavage of alkyl and cyclic acetals and ketals at room temperature in wet nitromethane by using catalytic cerium(III) trifluoromethane sulfonate is presented. The high yields, the observed selectivity, the very gentle reaction conditions, and the almost neutral pH make this procedure particularly attractive for multistep synthesis.

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  • Published In Issue December 13, 2002
  • Received June 11, 2002

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