The application of 4-methoxybenzyl-4-nitrophenylcarbonate as a reagent for
the N-protection of amidinonaphthol has been demonstrated. The facile intro
duction of the 4-methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl group and the mildness of the dep
rotection conditions make this reagent well suited for the multiparallel so
lution phase synthesis of substituted benzamidines. (C) 1999 Elsevier Scien
ce Ltd. All rights reserved.