title: Asymmetric dearomatization of phenols.
abstract: This review summarizes the recent advances in the field of asymmetric dearomatization of phenols and their applications in the total synthesis of some complex natural products. The dearomatization discussed here includes metal catalysed direct dearomatization, organocatalytic dearomatization and hypervalent iodine mediated dearomatization.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. wangrui@lzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wangsheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Guofeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang