Re: tojc: protecting groups

kullnaja@plu.edu
Wed, 04 Dec 1996 13:19:55 -0800 (PST)

hydroxyl groups are fairly reactive. If you "protect" one and keep it from
reacting, you can then carry out a reaction somewhere else on the molecule
that may be less reactive. hope that helps jon

On Tue, 3 Dec 1996 slaughjm@plu.edu wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I am unclear on protecting groups. In the book it says that you can use
> isobutylene to protect the hydroxyl group of a primary alcohol while
> another reaction is carried out on some other part of the molecule. I
> don't really understand what this means. Can anyone explain?
> Thanks,
> Julie S.
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