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WE have shown recently1 that the addition of osmium tetroxide to the 9 : 10-positions of phenanthrene, first observed by Criegee, Marchand and Wannowius2, is a general property in a series of tetra- and penta-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons containing a phenanthrene system. If the reaction is carried out in the presence of pyridine a well-crystallized, deep-coloured, pyridine-osmic ester complex is formed, and this on hydrolysis gives a dihydroxydihydro derivative of the original hydrocarbon.
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Cook, J. W., and Schoental, R., J. Chem. Soc., in the press.
Criegee, R., Marchand, B., and Wannowius, H., Ann., 550, 102 (1942).
Boyland, E., and Shoppee, C. W., J. Chem. Soc., 801 (1947).
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COOK, J., SCHOENTAL, R. Oxidation of Anthracene by Osmium Tetroxide. Nature 161, 237–238 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161237b0
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