This Minireview presents recent important homogenous aerobic oxidative reactions which
are assisted by electron transfer mediators (ETMs). Compared with direct oxidation by …

This review provides a summary of recent developments in the palladium (II)-catalysed
oxidation of alkenes, focusing largely on reactions which lead to the formation of new carbon …

Catalytic anti-Markovnikov oxidation of alkene feedstocks could simplify synthetic routes to
many important molecules and solve a long-standing challenge in chemistry. Here we report …

Oxygenation of alkenes is one of the most straightforward routes for the construction of
carbonyl compounds. Wacker oxidation provides a broadly useful strategy to convert the …

The palladium‐catalyzed oxidation of alkenes, the Wacker–Tsuji reaction, is undoubtedly a
classic in organic synthesis and provides reliable access to methyl ketones from terminal …

Materials and methods PdCl2 (PhCN) 2, CuCl2* 2H2O, AgNO2, anhydrous tBuOH and
MeNO2 were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich and were used as provided. All other materials …

The aldehyde-selective oxidation of alkenes bearing diverse oxygen groups in the allylic
and homoallylic position was accomplished with a nitrite-modified Wacker oxidation. Readily …

An aldehyde-selective aerobic Wacker–Tsuji oxidation is developed. Using tert-butyl nitrite
as a simple organic redox cocatalyst instead of copper or silver salts, a variety of aldehydes …

The Tiffeneau–Demjanov-type rearrangement is a ring-expansion reaction involving the
cationic rearrangement of cyclic alcohols. The carbocation intermediates can be generated …

An efficient and economical palladium-catalyzed oxidation system has been identified. The
oxidation system, characterized by not adding ligand and using molecular oxygen as the …