Protective Groups in Organic

T.W. Greene P.G.M. Wuts, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis (2nd edition) J. Wiley Sons, 1991. 

McOmie, J. F. W. 1973, Protective Groups in Organic Chemistry, Plenum New York... 

T. W. Greene, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, ]ohxi Wiley Sons, Inc., New York, 1988, p. 114. 

Ethers are among the most used protective groups in organic synthesis. They vary from the simplest, most robust, methyl ether to the more elaborate, substituted, trityl ethers developed for use in nucleotide synthesis. They are formed and removed under a wide variety of conditions. Some of the ethers that have been used to protect alcohols are included in Reactivity Chart 1. ... 

See also C. B. Reese, Protection of Alcoholic Hydroxyl Groups and Glycol Systems, in Protective Groups in Organic Chemistry, J. F. W. McOmie, Ed., Plenum, New York and London, 1973, pp. 95-143 H. M. Flowers, Protection of the Hydroxyl Group, in The Chemistry of the Hydroxyl Group, S. Patai, Ed., Wiley-Interscience,... 

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