Reduction and Oxidation

Palladium Oxidations

Synthetic Applications of the Palladium Catalyzed Oxidation of Olefins to Ketones,
   Tsuji, J. Synthesis 1984, 369.
The Wacker Reaction and Related Alkene Oxidation Reactions,
   Takacs, J. M.; Jiang, X.-t. Curr. Org. Chem. 2003, 7, 369-96.
Olefin Oxidation: Metal Induced Formation of an Allylic C-O Bond,
   Muzart, J. Bull. Soc. Chim. France, 1986, 65.

  The palladium-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes to ketones (usually terminal alkenes to methyl ketones) is the Wacker oxidation.

Englerin A: Nicolaou, K. C.; Kang, q.; Ng, s. y.; Chen, D. Y.-K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 8219-8222. DOI