Sophie Manner
Director of studies
Expanding the scope of methyl xanthate esters - From Barton-McCombie reaction auxiliary to versatile protective group
Author
Summary, in English
The methyl xanthate ester is presented as a versatile protective group for alcohols. Hydroxyl groups can easily be transformed into methyl xanthate esters by several methods and are commonly used as an auxiliary in the Barton-McCombie reaction. We show that these methyl xanthate esters can readily and chemoselectively be cleaved under mild conditions by the action of diethylenetriamine using microwave heating. This method is orthogonal to many common hydroxyl protective groups that can be introduced and cleaved in the presence of methyl xanthate ester.
Department/s
- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis
Publishing year
2017
Language
English
Pages
6329-6333
Publication/Series
Tetrahedron
Volume
73
Issue
44
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Organic Chemistry
Keywords
- Alcohol protection
- Chemoselective
- Deprotection
- Diethylenetriamine
- Methyl xanthate ester
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0040-4020