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Mild Debenzylation of Aryl Benzyl Ether with BCl3 in the Presence of Pentamethylbenzene as a Non-Lewis-Basic Cation Scavenger

Kentaro Okanoa,b, Kei-ichiro Okuyamaa, Tohru Fukuyamab, Hidetoshi Tokuyama*a,b
a Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
Fax: +81(22)7956877; e-Mail: tokuyama@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp;
b Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan