Deprotection of arenediazonium tetrafluoroborate ethers with BBr3.
Ether cleavage was carried out on arene bearing a diazonium salt. The deprotection takes place with boron tribromide under very mild conditions in good yields without affecting the diazonium group.
Nguyen
Ngoc Hoa
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Unité de Chimie Organique Moléculaire et Macromoléculaire, UMR CNRS 6011, Université du Maine, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, F-72085 Le Mans, France.
Cougnon
Charles
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Gohier
Frédéric
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