Fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl chloride

Fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl chloride (Fmoc-Cl) is a chloroformate ester. It is used to introduce the fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl protecting group as the Fmoc carbamate.

Preparation
This compound may be prepared by reacting 9-fluorenylmethanol with phosgene:


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