Chemoselective oxidative debenzylation of tertiary N-benzyl amines

Treatment of tertiary amines containing one or more N-benzyl protecting groups with aqueous ceric ammonium nitrate results in clean N-debenzylation to afford the corresponding secondary amine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bull, S, Davies, S, Fenton, G, Mulvaney, A, Prasad, R, Smith, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000

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