| Preface | |
| Dioxygen complexes | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The O[subscript 2] molecule | p. 4 |
| Structure and bonding in dioxygen complexes | p. 10 |
| Spectroscopy of dioxygen complexes | p. 24 |
| Equilibria of dioxygen complexes | p. 37 |
| Kinetics and mechanisms of dioxygen complex formation and decomposition | p. 48 |
| References | p. 61 |
| Catalytic oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons with O[subscript 2] | p. 74 |
| Introduction | p. 74 |
| Metal-free systems | p. 74 |
| Metal complexes as catalysts | p. 80 |
| Summary | p. 102 |
| References | p. 103 |
| Catalytic oxidation of alkenes with O[subscript 2] | p. 109 |
| Introduction | p. 109 |
| Epoxidations | p. 110 |
| Catalytic oxidation of olefins to ketones and aldehydes | p. 134 |
| Allylic oxidation | p. 160 |
| Formation of glycols and carbonates | p. 161 |
| Redox hydration or oxygenation under reductive conditions | p. 162 |
| Effect of O[subscript 2] on olefin metathesis | p. 165 |
| Catalytic oxidation of alkynes | p. 166 |
| Summary | p. 169 |
| References | p. 171 |
| Catalytic hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons with O[subscript 2] | p. 181 |
| Introduction | p. 181 |
| Benzene hydroxylation | p. 181 |
| Mechanism of benzene hydroxylation | p. 185 |
| Hydroxylation of m-xylene derivatives | p. 188 |
| Summary | p. 192 |
| References | p. 193 |
| Catalytic oxidation of phenols | p. 196 |
| Base-catalyzed oxidation of substituted phenols | p. 196 |
| Metal complexes as catalysts for oxidation of alkyl-substituted phenols | p. 200 |
| Catalytic oxidative coupling of phenols | p. 229 |
| Catalytic hydroxylation of phenols (tyrosinase models) | p. 233 |
| Summary | p. 241 |
| References | p. 243 |
| Catalytic oxidation of catechols | p. 249 |
| Discovery and types of oxygenases | p. 249 |
| Catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of catechols to o-quinones | p. 252 |
| Catalytic oxidative cleavage of catechols | p. 257 |
| Summary | p. 291 |
| References | p. 292 |
| Catalytic oxidation of alcohols with O[subscript 2] | p. 297 |
| Dehydrogenation of alcohols without O[subscript 2] | p. 297 |
| Oxidative dehydrogenations with O[subscript 2] | p. 298 |
| Summary | p. 305 |
| References | p. 306 |
| Catalytic oxidation of diols and polyols with O[subscript 2] | p. 308 |
| Ascorbic acid | p. 308 |
| Diols | p. 312 |
| Polyols and sugars | p. 315 |
| Summary | p. 316 |
| References | p. 317 |
| Catalytic oxidation of aldehydes and ketones with O[subscript 2] | p. 318 |
| Aldehydes | p. 318 |
| Acetals | p. 321 |
| Ketones | p. 321 |
| Acyloins | p. 324 |
| Summary | p. 329 |
| References | p. 329 |
| Catalytic oxidation of nitrogen compounds with O[subscript 2] | p. 332 |
| Dehydrogenation of nitrogen-containing compounds | p. 332 |
| Oxygen insertions into nitrogen-containing compounds | p. 346 |
| Summary | p. 359 |
| References | p. 360 |
| Oxidation and co-oxidation of tertiary phosphines | p. 363 |
| Summary | p. 368 |
| References | p. 369 |
| Oxidation of sulfur compounds | p. 371 |
| Catalytic oxidation of thioethers | p. 371 |
| Catalytic oxidation of thiols | p. 374 |
| Summary | p. 383 |
| References | p. 384 |
| Abbreviations | p. 387 |
| Subject index | p. 393 |
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