Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco A, 21910, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. ... The oxidative cleavage of secondary-tertiary 1,2-glycols and α-hydroxy ketones with the Jones reagent proved to be a particularly useful synthetic ...