Electrooxidative Fission of Carbon-Carbon Double Bond in a K₂OsO₂(OH)₄/HIO₄ Double Mediatory System

Tanaka, H.; Kikuchi, R.; Baba, M.; Torii, S. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1995, 68, 2989.

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