“…Allyloxycarbonyl protecting groups (Hayakawa, Kato, Uchiyama, Kajino, & Noyori, ; Hayakawa, Wakabayashi, Kato, & Noyori, ; Hyodo, & Hayakawa, ) have also been introduced and can be chemoselectively removed under neutral [using Pd(0)] or mildly basic conditions. However, the p ‐nitrophenylethyl (NPE) and ( p ‐nitrophenyl)ethoxycarbonyl (NPEOC) groups (Pfleiderer et al, ; Pfleiderer, ; Pfister, Farkas, Charubala, & Pfleiderer, ; Schirmeister & Pfleiderer, ; Trichtinger et al, ) and the 2‐dansylethoxy cabonyl group (Wagner & Pfleiderer, ) are selectively removed using DBU following a β ‐elimination nucleobase protection strategy. The NPE/NPEOC β ‐elimination nucleobse‐protection strategy in conjunction with a succinyl linker has been used for the preparation of oligonucleotide arrays and high‐quality primers (Weiler & Hoheisel, ) by solid‐phase synthesis.…”