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Offline shrikantvarma

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hydroxylation of propene
« on: October 07, 2010, 11:23:57 AM »
how to hydroxylate propene ,i prepared  alphasubstituted  propene with isovaleric acid & now i want to hydroxylate propene to prepare diol
which reagent should i use for this??

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Re: hydroxylation of propene
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 11:24:27 AM »
OsO4 (expensive but effective) or KMnO4 (cheap but less effective).
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Re: hydroxylation of propene
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2010, 01:17:39 PM »
catalytic OsO4 and stoichiometric NMO.  cheaper and effective

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