Anthraquinon-2-ylmethoxycarbonyl (Aqmoc): A new photochemically removable protecting group for alcohols

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1809-1812

  Furuta, Toshiaki ^a   Hirayama, Yuuki ^a   Iwamura, Michiko ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000624247     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol015787s     Document Type: Article

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