On Wed, 4 Dec 1996 kullnaja@plu.edu wrote:
> 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
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> On Tue, 3 Dec 1996 slaughjm@plu.edu wrote:
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> > 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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