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from oxidation to the corresponding α,β-unsaturated ketone,[47] followed by conjugateaddition.
The dihydroxyation of the anti allylic alcohol 19 under Upjohn conditions was not synthetically useful (entry 8a, Table 1). Although dihydroxyation of the remote allyl group was rapid, the dihydroxylation of