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. 2020 Nov 24;10(69):42457–42492. doi: 10.1039/d0ra07204d

Fmoc-removal with 20% v/v of 4-Me-piperidine in a variety of solvents as reported by Lopez et al.13.

Solvent/time Fmoc-removala (% conversion)b
5 min 10 min 30 min
Anisole 18.1 30.0 55.5
DMF 100.0 100.0 100.0
DMI 99.5 100.0 100.0
DMPU 100.0 100.0 100.0
DMSO 100.0 100.0 100.0
EtOAc 11.8 23.0 49.7
2-MeTHF 11.4 21.0 58.6
NBP 100.0 100.0 100.0
NEP 100.0 100.0 100.0
NMP 100.0 100.0 100.0
THF 36.6 60.5 98.5
TMU 99.0 100.0 100.0
Toluene 16.5 25.3 50.4
a

Peptide resin aliquots were cleaved from the solid support with a 3% TFA solution in CH2Cl2 and the %-conversion to Fmoc-deprotected peptide was measured by RP-HPLC.

b

Relative area-% of deprotected peptide measured by RP-HPLC.