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Atom-Efficient Oxidation of Alkenes with Molecular Oxygen: Synthesis of Diols
1Institut für Organische Katalyseforschung (IfOK), Buchbinderstrasse 5-6, D-18055 Rostock (Germany).
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|December 14, 1999
Abstract:
Dihydroxylations of simple alkenes were carried out for the first time in excellent yields and selectivities with molecular oxygen as oxidant [(Eq. (a)]. Both oxygen atoms are used productively and are incorporated into the product in this transition metal catalyzed alkene oxidation.