I. Mohammadpoor-baltork et H. Aliyan, Bismuth (III) chloride; An efficient and selective catalyst for deprotection of 1,1-diacetates, SYN COMMUN, 29(16), 1999, pp. 2741-2746
A variety of 1,1-diacetates are easily and efficiently deprotected in the p
resence of catalytic amounts of bismuth(III) chloride affording the corresp
onding aldehydes in high yields.