Wang Azhong, Jiang Huanfeng, Chen Huoji
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 25;131(11):3846-7. doi: 10.1021/ja900213d.
A new palladium-catalyzed diacetoxylation of alkenes using oxygen as the sole oxidant to afford diacetates was developed. High levels of diastereoselectivity in diacetoxylation of 1,2-disubstituted alkenes was obtained.