Upjohn dihydroxylation

Upjohn dihydroxylation is an organic reaction converting an alkene to a cis vicinal diol, and was developed by V. VanRheenen, R. C. Kelly and D. Y. Cha of the Upjohn Company, USA in 1976. It is a catalytic system using N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMO) as stoichiometric re-oxidant for the Osmium tetroxide, and is superior to previous catalytic methods. File:Upjohn dihydroxylation.svg

Upjohn dihydroxylation

Upjohn dihydroxylation is an organic reaction converting an alkene to a cis vicinal diol, and was developed by V. VanRheenen, R. C. Kelly and D. Y. Cha of the Upjohn Company, USA in 1976. It is a catalytic system using N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMO) as stoichiometric re-oxidant for the Osmium tetroxide, and is superior to previous catalytic methods. File:Upjohn dihydroxylation.svg