Tetrabutylammonium fluoride has been found to catalyze the deacylation of cellulose esters. More surprisingly, the deacylation is highly regioselective. Even more remarkably, in contrast with the C-6 regioselectivity of other reactions of cellulose and its derivatives, this deacylation shows substantial selectivity for the removal of the acyl groups from the esters of the secondary alcohols at C-2 and C-3, affording cellulose-6-O-esters with high regioselectivity by a simple one-step process employing no protective groups.
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