Achim Hense, Steven V. Ley, Helen M. I. Osborn, Dafydd R. Owen, Jean-François Poisson, Stuart L. Warriner and Kieron E. Wesson
A range of 1,2-diketones have been evaluated as potential protecting groups for trans-1,2-diols via 1,2-diacetal formation. The procedure is especially useful in oligosaccharide and natural product synthesis.