Rs. Varma et al., ALUMINA-MEDIATED DEACETYLATION OF BENZALDEHYDE DIACETATES - A SIMPLE DEPROTECTION METHOD, Tetrahedron letters, 34(20), 1993, pp. 3207-3210
A simple, extremely fast, and high yielding method for the selective d
eprotection of benzaldehyde diacetates is described which occurs under
mild conditions on neutral alumina surface. Gentle heating, using mic
rowave irradiation or conventional methods facilitates the procedure.