ABSTRACT
This chapter will define an oxidation in general terms. Various reagents will be introduced that oxidize an alcohol to an aldehyde or to a ketone. In some cases, alcohols may be oxidized to a carboxylic acid. Oxidation of alkenes will be revisited-specifically, for the oxidation of an alkene to an oxirane or to a 1,2-diol. Oxidative cleavage with ozone will be revisited, and new methods for oxidative cleavage will be introduced.
