Vicinal cis-dihydroxylation of alkenes has been carried out in good yields using tetradecyltrimethylammonium permanganate in a two phase solvent system with an inorganic base present from the beginning of the reaction. With benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide as an organic base in nonaqueous solvent system reasonably good yields of diols are realised.
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