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from oxidation to the corresponding α,β-unsaturatedketone,[47] followed by conjugate addition.
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