Asymmetric Oxidations

• Sharpless Epoxidation: Mechanism and applications of enantioselective epoxidation of allylic alcohols using chiral catalysts.
• Jacobsen Epoxidation: Mechanism and applications of enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized alkyl- and aryl- substituted alkenes.
• Sharpless Dihydroxylation: Overview of the method for dihydroxylation of alkenes with high enantioselectivity.
• Asymmetric Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation: Discuss chiral catalysts and applications in lactone formation.
• Asymmetric Sulfoxidation: Methods and reagents for enantioselective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides.