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The catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation of (1-cyclohexenyl) or (1-cyc
lopentenyl) acetonitrile 5 and 15 with AD-mix-beta occurred with good
enantiofacial selectivity (87 to 94.7% ee after recrystallization) giv
ing (R,R)-diols in agreement with the mnemonic device. The 6-membered
ring diol nitrile was easily transformed, via standard functional grou
p manipulations, to 2-allyl and -trimethylsilylprop-2-ynyl)-2-hydroxyc
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