Rs. Varma et al., ALUMINA-MEDIATED MICROWAVE THERMOLYSIS - A NEW APPROACH TO DEPROTECTION OF BENZYL-ESTERS, Tetrahedron letters, 34(29), 1993, pp. 4603-4606
A simple and high yielding method for deprotection of benzyl esters is
described which occurs under mild and solvent-free conditions on alum
ina surface using microwave irradiation.