1. Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division , Central Drug Research Institute , Lucknow, India sashidhar123@gmail.com;3. Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division , Central Drug Research Institute , Lucknow, India
Abstract:
A simple and efficient protocol is revealed for the masking and unmasking of an α-hydroxyl benzaldedyde group in aromatic dialdehydes by forming keto-enamine Schiff bases and subsequent unmasking using NaN3/DMF.