Glycol Cleavage
Lead Tetraacetate Cleavage
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In this example lead tetraacetate is used cleave a carbon-carbon bond in a vicinal diol (glycol). This reaction is useful in the formation of ketones and aldehydes and involves a favourable five membered cyclic intermediate.
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