“…On the other hand, organic reactions using a water-tolerant catalyst also received much attention in recent years, as they can be handled conveniently and removed from the reaction mixture, making the experimental procedure simple and ecofriendly. Recently, we explored La(NO 3 ) 3 ·6H 2 O as a mild and efficient catalyst for the chemoselective tetrahydropyranylation of primary alcohols [19], chemoselective deprotection of acetonides [21], synthesis of quinazolinones [22], for acetylation of alcohols, phenols, and amines [20], synthesis of α-amino nitriles [23], N-benzyloxycarbonylation [24], N-tertbutoxycarbonylation of amines [25], thioacetylation of aldehydes [26], chemoselective protection of alcohols as their pivaloyl esters [27], and for efficient cleavage of cyclic and acyclic ethers [28]. In the above transformations, it has been observed that the substrates containing acid labile functional groups such as acetonides, TBDMS ethers, some isopropylidene-protected diols, and N-tertBoc-protected amines were intact in the presence of La(NO 3 ) 3 ·6H 2 O.…”