Cas: 579-43-1 | Bag, Raghunath et al. made new progress in 2017

Desymmetrization of rel-(1R,2S)-1,2-Diphenylethane-1,2-diol(cas:579-43-1 Formula: C14H14O2) using chiral phosphine catalyst has been reported. Conversion of meso-hydrobenzoin to trans-stillbene oxide by treatment with an aryl sulfonyl chloride and aqueous sodium hydroxide has been reported.

Bag, Raghunath;Sar, Dinabandhu;Punniyamurthy, Tharmalingam published 《Aerobic Metal-Free Dioxygenation of Alkenes with tert-Butyl Nitrite and N-Hydroxylamines》 in 2017. The article was appeared in 《ACS Omega》. They have made some progress in their research.Formula: C14H14O2 The article mentions the following:

Metal-free dioxygenation of alkenes with tert-Bu nitrite and N-hydroxylamines (NHPI, HOBt and NHSI) is described to produce β-aminoxy nitrate esters using air as the oxidant. These organic nitrates can be readily converted into 1,2-diols and 1,2-diketone with broad substrate scope and functional group diversity. And rel-(1R,2S)-1,2-Diphenylethane-1,2-diol (cas: 579-43-1) was used in the research process.

Desymmetrization of rel-(1R,2S)-1,2-Diphenylethane-1,2-diol(cas:579-43-1 Formula: C14H14O2) using chiral phosphine catalyst has been reported. Conversion of meso-hydrobenzoin to trans-stillbene oxide by treatment with an aryl sulfonyl chloride and aqueous sodium hydroxide has been reported.

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