Oxidation chemocatalytic reaction

In this review, oxidations of sulfides to sulfoxides have been divided into three subsections (i) stoichiometric reactions, (ii) chemocatalytic reactions, and (hi) biocatalytic reactions. 

Because of their importance, various methods have been reported for the oxidation of tertiary amines to N-oxides. The oxidations of amines are discussed below under the following headings (i) stoichiometric reactions, (ii) chemocatalytic reactions, and (iii) biocatalytic reactions. Finally we provide some examples where N-oxides are generated in situ as catalytic oxotransfer species in catalytic transformations. 

Bio-Electrocatalytic and Chemocatalytic Reduction Reactions 7.6.1 Oxidation Catalysis... 

Selective oxidations are key reactions in many chemical syntheses of intermediates for drugs and natural products. Besides the huge number of available chemical oxidation catalysts, nature also offers a vast array of redox enzymes catalyzing the biological counterparts of most chemical redox transformations. Thus, the typically high selectivity of the enzymes is a key advantage in applying biocatalytic oxidation steps over chemocatalytic steps. 

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