Question: Give the CahnIngoldPrelog R and S descriptors for the diol(s) formed from cis-2-pentene and trans-2-pentene on treatment with the osmium tetraoxide/tert-butyl hydroperoxide reagent.

Give the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog R and S descriptors for the diol(s) formed from cis-2-pentene and trans-2-pentene on treatment with the osmium tetraoxide/tert-butyl hydroperoxide reagent.

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