Safe from protection! A pronounced kinetic preference for primary alcohol dehydrogenation enables the site-selective iridium catalyzed CC coupling of polyols with allyl acetate in the absence of protecting groups, premetallated reagents, chiral auxiliaries, and discrete alcohol-to-aldehyde oxidation.
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