General Characteristics The Wacker oxidation was originally developed as the process of producing acetaldehyde from ethylene using the PdCl2-CuCl2 cocatalytic system. Molecular oxygen can be used as ...
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Osmium Tetroxide (OsO4)
General Characteristics In the presence of re-oxidants, a catalytic amount of osmium tetroxide (OsO4) converts alkenes into cis-vicinal diols. Because of the mild reaction conditions and shortage of ...