• Reagent for the acid-catalyzed conversion of ketones to their methyl enol ethers in good yield: Synthesis, 38 (1974). For an example, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 357 (1993).
• Protects the cis-2,3-diol system of ribonucleosides as their methoxymethylene acetals (cyclic orthoformates), readily hydrolyzed by mild acid: Synthesis, 408 (1985).
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For further reactions of alkyl orthoformates, see Triethyl orthoformate, A13587.• In the presence of HCl, is an alternative to formic acid in the synthesis of benzoxazoles from ortho-amino phenols: Org. Prep. Proced. Int., 22, 613 (1990).