Friedrich Holger B, Govender Mayashree, Makhoba Xolani, Ngcobo T Dennis, Onani Martin O
School of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Dec 7(23):2922-3. doi: 10.1039/b310686a.
A new Os/Cu-Al-hydrotalcite-like catalyst is described which, with N-methylmorpholine oxide as co-oxidant, heterogeneously catalyses the hydroxylation of olefins to give diols selectively and in high yield.