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Electrooxidation of olefins in the presence of potassium osmate (0.04
molar amount) and periodic acid (0.5 molar amount) afforded the corres
ponding carbon-carbon double bond cleavage products in moderate to goo
d yields, where the turnover number of periodic acid reached ca. 3.