Tetra-tert-butyl-3-chloro-1-hydroxydistannoxane has been found to selectively cleave with high efficiency primary acetates on complex oligosaccharides containing esterified l-iduronic acid and bearing an anomeric acetate. This tin based catalyst was found much more effective than magnesium methoxide to carry out selective deacetylation.
Keywords: Selective deacetylation; Tetra-tert-butyl-3-chloro-1-hydroxydistannoxane.
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