The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation was first disclosed by the future Nobel laureate, Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917) and his collaborator, Victor Villiger (1868-1934), in 1899. The reaction has been widely used since its discovery because of its predictable regiochemistry and stareochemistry. As a Nobel laureate, there is no dearth of information about von Baeyer; the same cannot be said for Villiger. In this paper, we will discuss both inventors of the reaction, and trace its early development.

Baeyer-Villiger oxidation: Discovery, discoverers and development

256th National Meeting (2018)

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