Synlett 1993; 1993(5): 362
DOI: 10.1055/s-1993-22457
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Selective Transformation of N α-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) Groups into N α-Benzyloxycarbonyl (Z) Groups

Wen-Ren Li* , Jianjun Jiang, Madeleine M. Joullié
  • *Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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19 March 2002 (online)

Fluorenylmethyl carbamates may be efficiently and selectively converted into benzyl carbamates by potassium fluoride/triethyl amine in the presence of N-benzyloxycarbonyloxy-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboximide (BCN).