General Characteristics Alcohols can be protected as acetals against reductive and basic conditions. Oxygen-based acetals are also stable under oxidizing conditions. Deprotection is usually done ...
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Selective Transformation with Tin Acetal
Characteristics Typically, the 1,2-diol is treated with Bu2SnX, where X = O or (OMe), with removal (azeotropic or desiccant) of either H2O or MeOH to afford the requisite stannylidenes (“tin ...