Structures of Protecting Groups

Name
Abbr.
MW
Structure
Acetamidomethyl
C3H6NO
Acm 72.1
tert-Butyloxycarbonyl
C5H9O2
Boc 101.1
4,4’-Dimethoxytrityl
C21H19O2
DMT 303.4
9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl
C15H10O2
Fmoc 222.2
2,2,4,6,7-Pentamethyldihydro- benzofuran-5-sulfonyl
C13H17O3S
Pbf 253.3
2,2,5,7,8-Pentamethylchroman- 6-sulfonyl
C14H19O3S
Pmc 267.4
tert-Butylthio
C4H9S
StBu 89.2
tert-Butyl
C4H9
tBu 57.1
Triphenylmethyl (=Trityl)
C19H15
Trt 243.3
Table 1: Structures of Protecting groups.