A Heterogeneous cis-Dihydroxylation Catalyst with Stable, Site-Isolated Osmium-Diolate Reaction Centers

An Severeyns, Dirk De Vos, L. Fiermans, Francis Verpoort, Piet J. Grobet, Pierre A. Jacobs

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2001 · 96 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

Involatile OsO4! A tetrasubstituted olefin is immobilized on SiO2 and reacts with OsO4 to form a stable osmate(IV) ester (see scheme), which is a leak-proof heterogeneous catalyst for the cis-dihydroxylation of olefins.

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