Potassium Permanganate

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Various terminal olefinic compounds are directly converted into the corresponding α-hydroxy ketones in good yields by potassium permanganate oxidation. The reaction is highly chemoselective in the presence of differently protected hydroxy groups.
C. Bonini, L. Chiummiento, M. Funicello, P. Lupattelli, M. Pullez, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 80-83.