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gravenewworld
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Would this work? I can't seem to find any examples in Scifinder of carbohydrates where all the -OH groups are protected with either MEM or MOM. Is there a reason why? Will this not work? I know using MEM and MOM are pretty standard for protecting alcohols, why in the case of carbohydrates does there seem to be little or no examples? There are examples in the literature of where people have added methyl groups n-butyl groups to make the ethers on all of the -OHs, would a MEM or MOM group work as well?