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An easy transition: Facile generation of methanol is achieved by hydroxide-promoted transfer of a nucleophilic methyl group from methyltrioxorhenium to osmium tetroxide in basic aqueous medium via a cyclic transition state. 1H NMR spectroscopy and density functional calculations are used to investigate reaction pathways.
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