SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS, vol.28, no.1, pp.1-7, 1998 (SCI-Expanded)
Osmium tetraoxide catalyzed racemic cis-dihydroxylation of alpha-pinene usinf N-oxide as cooxidant and hexamethylenetetraamine as accelerating ligand in tert-butyl alcohol gives excellent yield of alpha-pinanediol.