SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS, cilt.28, sa.1, ss.1-7, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
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.