Substrates: Synthesis of Non--racemic 3-(Nitrophenoxy)-propane-1,2-diols. -Regardless of the reagent used (AD-mix- or AD-mix-), the configuration of the predominant enantiomer formed in the Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation of p-and m-nitrophenyl allyl ethers is opposite to the configuration of the product derived from o-nitrophenyl allyl ether. -(BREDIKHINA, Z. A.; KURENKOV, A. V.; ANTONOVICH, O. A.; PASHAGIN, A. V.; BREDIKHIN*, A. A.; Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 25 (2014) 13-14, 1015-1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.