Takeshi Hanamoto, Yuichi Sugimoto, Yasuo Yokoyama
1996
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
The authors describe a novel method for the deprotection of the methoxyacetyl functionality under the catalytic influence of ytterbium(III) triflates. The ytterbium complex catalyzes the alcoholysis of methoxyacetyl under nonbasic conditions. The results for nine esters are reported.