Arylmethyl esters as protecting groups f
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AndrΓ© Boutros; Jean-Yves Legros; Jean-Claude Fiaud
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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French
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4-Quinolylmethyl (4-QUI) esters of carboxylic acids and 1-naphthyimethyi (1-NAP) esters of carbonic and carbamic acids are reduced by palladium-catalyzed hydrogenolysis by formate anion. The reaction conditions are compatible with the presence of a benzyl ester and of an alkene double bond.