Novel Practical Deprotection of N-Boc Compounds Using Fluorinated Alcohols

The thermolytic deprotection of N-Boc compounds was accomplished using TFE (2,2,2-trifluoroethanol) or HFIP (hexafluoroisopropanol) as solvents. Even though the cleavage of the t-butylcarbamate (Boc) group can be achieved at solvent reflux temperature, the deprotection process was significantly accelerated under microwave-assisted conditions. The practicality of this methodology was demonstrated on alkyl, aryl, and heteroaromatic N-Boc-amines.