Volume 104, 2008

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 2007. Significant advances in oxidation chemistry include enantioselective Ti-catalysed epoxidation of unactivated alkenes (Scheme 1),Fe-catalysed epoxidation of alkenes that uses H2O2 as terminal oxidant (Scheme 2), the first effective and catalytic chiral peracid epoxidation reaction (Scheme 3), and organocatalytic aziridinations (Scheme 4). Significant advances in reduction chemistry include enantioselective hydrogenation of unactivated tetrasubstituted alkenes (Scheme 7), a new practical chiral borohydride reagent (Scheme 8), and conjugate reductions of nitro olefins and vinyl sulfones (Scheme 12).

Article information

Article type
Review Article
First published
30 Jun 2008

Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. B: Org. Chem., 2008,104, 35-48

Synthetic methods

B. Marsh and D. R. Carbery, Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. B: Org. Chem., 2008, 104, 35 DOI: 10.1039/B716595C

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