Synthetic methods Part (ii) Oxidation and reduction methods

Abstract

This Report highlights advances in some of the most commonly used oxidation and reduction reactions, focusing on the literature from 2006. Significant advances in the area of oxidation chemistry include new platinum catalysts for the highly enantioselective epoxidation of terminal alkenes, new highly reactive hydrazinium aziridination reagents, and an impressive one-pot allylic C–H oxidation/vinylic C–H arylation. Reduction chemistry highlights include new supramolecular phosphite ligands and enantioselective Hantzsch ester reduction of enones.