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.
Unité de Chimie Organique Moléculaire et Macromoléculaire, UMR CNRS 6011, Université du Maine, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, F-72085 Le Mans, France.
Ngoc Hoa
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Nguyen
Charles
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Cougnon
Frédéric
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Gohier