title: Gold catalysis: synthesis of spiro, bridged, and fused ketal natural products.
abstract: In the last decade the use of homogenous gold catalysts has rapidly grown and become a valuable tool for complex natural product synthesis. Spiroketal natural products are valuable targets for total synthesis and medicinal chemistry applications. The use of gold catalysts has emerged as a useful tool to synthesise these privileged scaffolds. This review summarises the application of gold catalysis for the syntheses of spiro, bridged and fused ketal natural products.
authors.affiliation: The School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, 23 Symonds St, Auckland 1010, New Zealand. m.brimble@auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Rachelle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quach
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Furkert
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Brimble
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / Q000379:methods*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D013141:Spiro Compounds; D006046:Gold