Which alkene, cis-2-butene or trans-2-butene, would you choose in order to prepare meso-2, 3-butanediol by Epoxidation followed

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Which alkene, cis-2-butene or trans-2-butene, would you choose in order to prepare meso-2, 3-butanediol by Epoxidation followed by acidcatalyzed hydrolysis? Which alkene would yield meso-2, 3,-butanediol by osmium tetraoxide hydroxylation?
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0072905014

4th edition

Authors: Francis A. Carey

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