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New Insight on 2-Naphthylmethyl (NAP) Ether as a Protecting Group in Carbo-hydrate Synthesis: A Divergent Approach Toward a High-Mannose Type Oligo-saccharide Library. — A new method for the selective cleavage of 2-naphthylmethyl ether utilizing 10—20 molar excess of HF/Py is revealed and applied to a divergent approach towards the generation of an oligosaccharide library. — (LI, Y.; ROY, B.; LIU*, X.; Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) 47 (2011) 31, 8952-8954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1cc13264d ; Dep. Chem., Univ. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; Eng.) — M. Paetzel

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