Catalytic asymmetric semipinacol rearrangements.
Over the past few decades, the semipinacol rearrangement has been widely applied in the field of organic synthesis. However, its catalytic asymmetric version has not caught much attention until the beginning of the 21st century. Significant breakthroughs have been made due to the efforts of organic chemists. These important progressions are summarized in this paper.
School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P R China.
Shao-Hua
SH
Wang
Bao-Sheng
BS
Li
Yong-Qiang
YQ
Tu
D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; D053138:Cyclohexenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry
D000438:Alcohols; D000447:Aldehydes; D053138:Cyclohexenes; D008670:Metals; C519041:semipinacol