Protection and deprotection chemistry catalyzed by zirconium oxychloride octahydrate (ZrOCl2·8H2O)

摘要

An efficient, chemoselective, convenient, and straightforward methodology has been developed for the protection of C=O group of aldehydes/ketones as C=N moiety of hydrazones catalyzed by ZrOCl2·8H2O (10 mol%) in acetonitrile and the same catalyst in methanol oxidatively cleaves C=N moiety of hydrazones to provide parent carbonyl compounds in high yields. The reactions have been performed in aerobic condition. The catalyst is inexpensive, readily available, easy to handle, insensitive to air and moisture, easily recoverable and can be reused and importantly less toxic.