title: Mild cleavage of aryl mesylates: methanesulfonate as potent protecting group for phenols.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A mild protocol for the chemoselective deprotection of aryl methanesulfonates is described. The transformation can be conducted on highly functionalized substrates and renders the methanesulfonate a useful, previously underutilized protecting group for phenols.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Kyrill
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stanek
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Larrosa
authors.forename: Erick M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Carreira
mesh_terms: D008698:Mesylates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010636:Phenols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008698:Mesylates; D010636:Phenols