Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Facile cleavage of ethers in ionic liquid

L Cheng, C Aw, SS Ong, Y Lu

Index: Cheng, Lili; Aw, Carlin; Ong, Siew Siang; Lu, Yixin Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2007 , vol. 80, # 10 p. 2008 - 2010

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Abstract

Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore The Medicinal Chemistry Program, Office of Life Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore ... Received April 23, 2007; E-mail: chmlyx@nus.edu.sg ... Various alkyl ethers were efficiently cleaved by treat- ing them with pyridinium halides in ionic liquid, and the desired products were obtained in excellent yields. ... The use of alkyl ethers as protecting groups for the ...