Woodward cis-hydroxylation
The Woodward cis-hydroxylation (also known as the Woodward reaction) is the chemical reaction of alkenes with iodine and silver acetate in wet acetic acid to form cis-diols.[1][2](conversion of olefin into cis-diol)
The reaction is named after its discoverer, Robert Burns Woodward.
This reaction has found application in steroid synthesis.[3]