scope:

Catalysis plays a vital role in chemical, petroleum, agriculture, polymer, electronics, pharmaceutical, and other industries. Over 90 percent of chemicals originate from catalytic processes. Toughening economic and environmental constraints have proven to be a challenge for meeting the demand of novel efficient and sustainable regio- and stereoselective catalyst systems. Environmentally Sustainable Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidations provides a comprehensive overview of existing ecologically friendly catalyst systems for various asymmetric oxidation processes.

Topics include:

• A survey of existing transition metal-based catalyst systems for asymmetric epoxidations (AEs) with O₂ and H₂O₂
• Asymmetric sulfoxidations with H₂O₂ on chiral metal complexes
• An overview of various transition metal-catalyzed oxidative transformations with H₂O₂ or O₂ used as the terminal oxidant
• Organocatalytic asymmetric oxidations
• Catalytic processes of stereospecific oxidations of C-H functional groups
• The role that oxoiron(V) intermediates play in chemo- and stereoselective oxidations catalyzed by non-heme iron complexes

The book concludes with a discussion of the opportunities and problems associated with the industrial application of stereoselective processes of catalytic oxidation with H₂O₂ and O₂. It also provides examples of processes with industrial potential.

Some of the catalysts presented in this book may serve as promising alternatives for existing catalysts-progressively replacing them in manufacturing processes and ultimately making the chemical industry greener and cleaner.