"The suitability of organocatalytic reactions for larger-scale production processes of chiral building blocks has also already been demonstrated in some cases. Notably, different types of bond formation have been reported, comprising several carbon-carbon bond formations as well as oxidation processes. … The Hajos–Parrish–Eder–Wiechert–Sauer reaction certainly represents a historical landmark in the field of (asymmetric) organocatalysis. … A further strength of organocatalysis is its use for efficient carbon–carbon bond formation by means of alkylation processes. … Further great advancements in the field of asymmetric alkylation reactions have been made by several groups for the chiral phase transfercatalyzed alkylation of glycinates. This type of reaction offers attractive access to enantiomerically pure, particularly nonproteinogenic α-amino acids. … The asymmetric catalytic Strecker reaction is another elegant approach for the synthesis of optically active α-amino acids. … Epoxidation reactions belong to the most important (asymmetric) transformations. Besides asymmetric metal-catalyzed methodologies, analogous organocatalytic epoxidation has been known for a long time. … In addition to the Julia–Colonna epoxidation, also the Shi-epoxidation received commercial interest."