Summary: Very high stereoinduction, generally 90-95% ee, is observed for the asymmetric oxidation of 2-substituted-1-tetralone enolates to 2-hydroxy-2-substituted-l-tetralones by chiral nonracemic oxaziridine (+)-7. Not only are these a-hydroxy carbonyl compounds difficult to prepare enantiomerically pure via other methods, but they are also models for several biologically active compounds.
