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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Dihydroxylation?

Definition 21.9 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 21 — Oxidation and Reduction of Alkenes

A dihydroxylation converts an alkene into a 1,2-diol by adding one OH\ce{OH} group to each carbon of the double bond.

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