Modern Oxidation Methods

While rust is an unwanted oxidation reaction, there are also many other useful oxidation reactions that are extremely important and number among the most commonly used reactions in the chemical industry.
This completely revised, updated second edition now includes additional sections on industrial oxidation and biochemical oxidation.
Edited by one of the world leaders in the field, high-quality contributions cover every important aspect from classical to green chemistry methods:
- Recent Developments in Metal-catalyzed Dihydroxylation of Alkenes
- Transition Metal-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Alkenes
- Organocatalytic Oxidation. Ketone-Catalyzed Asymmetric Epoxidation of Alkenes and Synthetic Applications
- Catalytic Oxidations with Hydrogen Peroxide in Fluorinated Alcohol Solvents
- Modern Oxidation of Alcohols using Environmentally Benign Oxidants
- Aerobic Oxidations and Related Reactions Catalyzed by N-Hydro xyphthalimide
- Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation for Organic Synthesis
- Selective Oxidation of Amines and Sulfides
- Liquid Phase Oxidation Reactions Catalyzed by Polyoxometalates
- Oxidation of Carbonyl Compounds
- Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide
- Biooxidation with Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases
By providing an overview of this vast topic, the book represents an unparalleled aid for organic, catalytic and biochemists working in the field.

Jan-Erling Backvall is Professor of Organic Chemistry at Stockholm University, where he is Head of the Research. He is renowned for his contribution to organopalladium chemistry and catalytic oxidation reactions where he has done mechanistic work and developed new reactions. More recently efficient systems for dynamic kinetic resolution of alcohols based on combined ruthenium and enzyme catalysis were developed in his laboratory. Jan-Erling Backvall has published about 380 papers. For his contribution to research he was elected a Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, am Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Sciences, Sweden, a Member of 'Fysiografiska sallskapet' Sweden and a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and received many prizes, awards and honors.