SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty cargo ship built during World War II.She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.. The ship was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, England, in August 1944, while carrying a cargo of munitions.About 1,400 tonnes (1,500 short tons) of …

Dihydroxylation is the process by which an alkene is converted into a vicinal diol.Although there are many routes to accomplish this oxidation, the most common and direct processes use a high-oxidation-state transition metal (typically osmium or manganese). The metal is often used as a catalyst, with some other stoichiometric oxidant present. In addition, other transition metals …