Tetrahedron Letters

A highly stereoselective osmium tetroxide-catalyzed hydroxylation of γ-hydroxy α, β-usaturated esters

G Stork, M Kahn

Index: Stork, Gilbert; Kahn, Michael Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 37 p. 3951 - 3954

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Abstract

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. ... The hyroxylation of α,β-unsaturated esters catalyzed by osmium-tetroxide leads to 3,4-dihydroxy-lactones of predictable stereochemistry. ... J. Org. Chem., 48 (1983), p. 1217 It is not entirely clear, however, that these cases do not simply reflect steric factors.