Editing Epoxide (section)

===Asymmetric epoxidations===
Chiral epoxides are produced by epoxidation of prochiral alkenes. When the catalyst is chiral or the alkene is chiral, then [[asymmetric epoxidation]] becomes possible.  Prominent methodologies are the [[Sharpless epoxidation]], the [[Jacobsen epoxidation]], and the [[Shi epoxidation]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = Berrisford |first1 = D. J. |last2 =Bolm |first2=C. |last3=Sharpless |first3=K. B. | year = 2003 | title = Ligand-Accelerated Catalysis | journal =  Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English| volume = 95 | issue = 10 | pages = 1059–1070 | doi = 10.1002/anie.199510591 }}</ref>