A. Hense et al., DIRECT PREPARATION OF DIACETALS FROM 1,2-DIKETONES AND THEIR USE AS 1,2-DIOL PROTECTING GROUPS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (14), 1997, pp. 2023-2031
A range of 1,2-diketones have been evaluated as potential protecting g
roups for trans-1,2-diols pia 1,2-diacetal formation, The procedure is
especially useful in oligosaccharide and natural product synthesis.