“…[1] In the past, many stoichiometric methods have been developed, such as reductive cleavage of acetals, [2] use of polymer resins, [3] thallium salts, [4] monosodium salts, [5] silver oxide, [6] dibutyltin oxide, [7] arylboronic acids, [8] and direct allylation of 1,2-diols through intramolecular dehydrohalo-A C H T U N G T R E N N U N G genation. [9] On the other hand, only a few catalytic reactions were reported with limited successful examples using tin dichloride, [10] palladium salts, [11] phase-transfer catalysts, [12] and crown ether.…”