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Asymmetric oxidations:

**Sharpless AE** (asymmetric epoxidation): allylic alcohol + TBHP + Ti(OiPr)₄ + chiral DET → chiral epoxide. - **Sharpless AD** (asymmetric dihydroxylation): alkene + OsO₄ + NMO + chiral cinchona ligand → chiral cis-diol. - **Jacobsen epoxidation**: Mn-salen catalyst for unfunctionalized alkenes.

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