Potassium osmium(VI) oxide dihydrate, 98+%

Potassium osmium(VI) oxide dihydrate acts as a catalyst for the oxidative cleavage of olefins to ketones and carboxylic acids. It is employed in an intramolecular amidohydroxylation of carbamoyloxytethered olefins providing hydroxy oxazolidinones. It is also used as a reagent in the synthesis of amphidinolide B, which shows potent antitumor activity against human solid and blood tumor cells.

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