title: Recent applications of the 1,2-carbon atom migration strategy in complex natural product total synthesis.
abstract: 1,2-Carbon atom rearrangement has been broadly applied as a guiding strategy in complex molecule assembly. As it entails the carbon-carbon or carbon-heteroatom bond migration between two vicinal atoms, this type of reaction is capable of generating structural complexity through a molecular skeletal reorganization. This review will focus on recent employment of this strategy in the total synthesis of natural products, highlighting the exceptional utility of such synthetic methodologies in the construction of intricate carbocycles, heterocycles or structurally complex motifs from synthetically more accessible precursors.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China. tuyq@lzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiao-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong-Qiang
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Fu-Min
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shao-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / Q000379:methods*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D002244:Carbon