- Source: 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: