The asymmetric oxidation of a variety of differently substituted, acyclic and cyclic enol phosphates using the Sharpless AD-reagents AD-mix-alpha and AD-mix-beta, and a fructose derived chiral ketone as a catalyst, afforded the corresponding alpha-hydroxy ketones in high enantioselectivity and good yield. The influence of steric and electronic factors of the substrates on the facial stereoselectivity in the reported oxidations was studied. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.