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Use of 1,2-dichloro 4,5-dicyanoquinone (DDQ) for cleavage of the 2- naphthylmethyl (NAP) group

  • Jie Xia
  • , Saeed A. Abbas
  • , Robert D. Locke
  • , Conrad F. Piskorz
  • , James L. Alderfer
  • , Khushi L. Matta
  • Roswell Pk. Cancer Inst.

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Abstract

The 2-naphthylmethyl (NAP) group is a versatile group for protection of hydroxyl functions. It is stable to 4% TFA in CHCl3, hot 80% HOAc-H2O, SnCl2-AgOTf and HCl-EtOH, but it can readily be removed with DDQ in CH2Cl2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-173
Number of pages5
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume41
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 8 2000

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