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Protecting group

A protecting group or protective group is introduced into a molecule by chemical modification of a functional group to obtain chemoselectivity in a subsequent chemical reaction. It plays an important role in multistep organic synthesis.

Applications, Orthogonal protection & Common protecting groups

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Orthogonal protection

Common protecting groups

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Industrial applications

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Protecting group

Nodes212
Edges211
Triples104
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009434
Components1

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Protecting group

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related to Further reading · 30
Protecting group → A803688H, Angewandte Chemie, Chem, Ed, Georg Thieme Verlag, German, Green's Protective Groups, Greene, Herbert Waldmann, Hoboken, ISBN, John Wiley, Kocieński, Krzysztof Jarowicki, Michael Schelhaas, New Jersey, Organic Synthesis, Perkin Trans, Peter, Philip
related to External links · 13
Protecting group → Cammers, German, Greene, Grossman, Introduction, Organic-Reaction, Prof, Profs, Protecting GroupUniversität Marburg, Rizzo, Schutzgruppen, Synthesechemie, Wuts
related to Alkene · 7
Protecting group → Alkenes, Diels-Alder, For, Protection, Temporary, The, They
has application · 6
Protecting group → Although, An, Reichstein, Roche, Tamiflu, Vitamin
related to 1,2-Diols · 6
Protecting group → An, Common, DIBAL, One, The, This
related to Orthogonal protection · 6
Protecting group → Fmoc, For, Industrial, Orthogonal, Otherwise, The
related to Terminal alkyne protecting groups · 6
Protecting group → Cleavage, For, In, The, This, TMS-protected
related to Amine protecting groups · 5
Protecting group → Amine, Amines, The, These, When
related to Carbonyl protecting groups · 5
Protecting group → Modern, Normally, Overall, S-acetals, The
related to Carboxylic acid protecting groups · 4
Protecting group → Instead, Many, Occasionally, The

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groups protecting acid group synthesis removed ethers acetals carbonyl esters also cleavage used base acetal ether common conditions reaction protected

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Protecting groupis aprotected protecting group0.90text
reaction timeinstance ofThe protecting groups in solid-phase synthesis regarding the reaction conditions0.80text
temperatureinstance ofThe protecting groups in solid-phase synthesis regarding the reaction conditions0.80text
reagents can be standardized so that they are carried out by a machineinstance ofThe protecting groups in solid-phase synthesis regarding the reaction conditions0.80text
while yields of well over 99instance ofThe protecting groups in solid-phase synthesis regarding the reaction conditions0.80text
Protecting grouphas applicationAlthough0.60section
Protecting grouphas applicationRoche0.60section
Protecting grouphas applicationTamiflu0.60section
Protecting grouphas applicationAn0.60section
Protecting grouphas applicationVitamin0.60section
Protecting grouphas applicationReichstein0.60section
Protecting grouprelated to 1,2-DiolsThe0.60section

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