title: 2,5-Dimethylphenacyl as a new photoreleasable protecting group for carboxylic acids
abstract: The 2,5-dimethylphenacyl chromophore, a new photoremovable protecting group for carboxylic acids, is proposed. Direct photolysis of various 2,5-dimethylphenacyl esters in benzene or methanol at 254-366 nm leads to the formation of the corresponding carboxylic acids in almost quantitative isolated yields. The photodeprotection is based on efficient intramolecular hydrogen abstraction without the necessity of introducing a photosensitizer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zabadal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heger