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Reagent for the cleavage of Fmoc protecting groups in peptide synthesis (see 9-Fluorenylmethyl chloroformate, A11683): J. Am. Chem. Soc., 92, 5748 (1970); J. Org. Chem., 37, 3404 (1972). See Appendix 6 for peptide reagents.• Lithium morpholide adds to aromatic aldehydes at low temperature, a useful means for the protection of the aldehyde group in lithiations: Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 4213 (1981); J. Org. Chem., 48, 2356 (1983).
• Chlorination with hypochlorite gives N-chloromorpholine, a useful reagent in strongly acid media for the selective chlorination of activated aromatics: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 167 (1993), and references therein.
• In the Kindler modification of the Willgerodt reaction, aryl ketones are converted to ω-arylalkanoic acids by reaction with sulfur and an amine, usually morpholine: Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 99 (1998); reviews: Org. React., 3, 83 (1946); Synthesis, 358 (1975).