Recent Advances in Aerobic Oxygenation

Recent advances in the aerobic oxygenations of olefins using transition-metal complex catalysts are reviewed. The main topics focused on are the cobalt(II)-complex-catalyzed oxygenation of olefins, nickel(II)-complex-catalyzed aerobic epoxidation, enantioselective, aerobic epoxidation using chiral manganese(III) complex catalysts, aerobic Baeyer–Villiger oxidation and direct oxygenation of aromatic compounds.