A. Benarab et al., CYANOMETHYL GROUP - A VERSATILE PROTECTIN G GROUP FOR PHENOLS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY-AMINES, AND CARBAMATES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(47), 1993, pp. 7567-7568
The use of the cyanomethyl unit as a protecting group for phenols, pri
mary and secondary amines, and carbamates is described. Optimized cond
itions for formation and hydrolysis of cyanomethyl in the presence of
the other hydrogenolysis-sensitive groups such as O- and N-benzyl grou
ps are presented.