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Offline TheUnassuming

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Re: 1,2-diol synthesis from a water insoluble alkene
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2015, 04:04:03 PM »
KMNO4 mediated diol formation can be tricky depending on what else you have in your molecule, have you considered forming the epoxide first then opening to form the diol?

Enthalpy: I don't think an alkene can go straight to a diol with only hydrogen peroxide, though it can be used after you form a borane intermediate (DOI: 10.1021/jo051651m).  I don't know if you can use nitrous oxide to make epoxides, but DMDO would probably do the trick.
When in doubt, avoid the Stille coupling.

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Re: 1,2-diol synthesis from a water insoluble alkene
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2015, 06:39:15 PM »
Thanks!

That one uses a catalyst to get the epoxy from an alkene, at 150°C and 1bar N2O
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12137519
but the more usual result seems to be a carbonyl.

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Re: 1,2-diol synthesis from a water insoluble alkene
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2015, 01:51:21 AM »
Just an update. I have checked the MALDI and I found out that my product is a mixture of aldehydes, diol and a carboxylic acid in 59% 30% 11%
From the TLC, I see only 1 single spot. I which is I assumed I made my diol, but then it decomposes in aldehyde and carboxylic acid. The NMR is also strange in d-acetone, as I only observed the carboxylic acid (No aldehyde for sure; because I have an aldehyde standard of this compound and it lacks the aldehyde proton peak).

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