Diastereospecific dihydroxylation and highly efficient asymmetric dihydroxylation kinetic resolution of cis/trans-2,6-dimethylbenzylidenecyclohexane
Abstract
Achiral dihydroxylation and catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) lead to reaction of only the cis(and not the trans) isomer of 2,6-dimethylbenzylidenecyclohexane, dihydroxylation is diastereoisomer specific and an efficient kinetic resolution is achieved using AD.