title: Vibrational Circular Dichroism: Recent Advances for the Assignment of the Absolute Configuration of Natural Products.
abstract: Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) emerged during the last decade as a reliable tool for the absolute configuration (AC) determination of organic compounds. The principles, instrumentation, and methodology applied prior to early 2013 were recently reviewed by us. Since VCD is a very dynamic field, the aim of this review is to update VCD advances for the AC assignment of terpenoids, aromatic compounds, alkaloids, and other natural products for the 2013-2014 period, when VCD was applied to the AC assignment of some 70 natural products. In addition, although discovered in 2012, a brief introduction to the VCD exciton coupling approach and its applications in natural products AC assignment is presented.
authors.forename: Eleuterio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burgueño-Tapia
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joseph-Nathan
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products