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. 2020 Oct 23;22(3):539–547. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202000377

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Synthesis of BEC‐, BC‐ and NP‐photocaged IPTGs 10 a, 10 b and 1: a) Triethyl orthoformate, pyridinium p‐toluenesulfonate, ethanol, reflux, 19 h (89 %); b) IPTG, p‐toluenesulfonic acid, CH2Cl2, RT, 20 h (45 %); c) 0.2 m LiOH (aq.), MeOH, 0 °C–RT, 1 h (59 %); d) IPTG, sulfuric acid, DMSO, 0 °C–RT, 24 h (21 %).