Enantioselective Aminohydroxylation of Olefins

Olefins are abundant and chemically stable points of departure for the generation of a wide variety of functionalities. Consequently, their chemo- and stereoselective elaboration continues to be of immense importance in the field of organic synthesis. Oxidative transformations of olefins include a wide variety of efficient and stereoselective synthetic reactions to access highly functionalized, chiral building blocks. In particular, the catalytic asymmetric epoxidation and dihydroxylation reactions constitute two of the most reliable and general enantioselective processes developed to date. 

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