%0 Journal Article %T Deprotection of Acetals and Ketals by Silica Sulfuric Acid and Wet SiO2 %A BiBi Fathemeh Mirjalili %A Mohamad Ali Zolfigol %A Abdolhamid Bamoniri %J Molecules %D 2002 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/71000751 %X Neat chlorosulfonic acid reacts with silica gel to give silica sulfuric acid in which sulfuric acid is immobilized on the surface of silica gel via covalent bonds. A combination of silica sulfuric acid and wet SiO2 was used as an effective deacetalizating agent for the conversion of acetals to their corresponding carbonyl derivatives under thermal conditions. %K Silica sulfuric acid %K Deacetalization %U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/7/10/751