197958-50-2Relevant articles and documents
Reductive deprotection of allyl, benzyl and sulfonyl substituted alcohols, amines and amides using a naphthalene-catalysed lithiation
Alonso, Emma,Ramon, Diego J.,Yus, Miguel
, p. 14355 - 14368 (2007/10/03)
The reaction of different protected alcohols, amines and amides with lithium and a catalytic amount of naphthalene (4 mol %) in THF at low temperature leads to their deprotection under very mild reaction conditions, the process being in many cases chemoselective.