A study of acyl protecting groups derived from the Ph* motif is reported. While initial studies indicated that a variety of functional groups were not compatible with the Br2-mediated cleavage conditions required to release the Ph* group, strategies involving the use of different reagents or a modification of Ph* itself (Ph*OH) were investigated to solve this problem.
Keywords:
HFIP
,oxidative cleavage
,protecting group
,deprotection
,acylium ion
