Fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl chloride

Fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl chloride (Fmoc-Cl) is a chloroformate ester.

It is used to introduce the fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl protecting group as the Fmoc carbamate.

This compound may be prepared by reacting 9-fluorenylmethanol with phosgene:[2]

Ball-and-stick model of the fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl chloride molecule