Wang B, Perea MA, Sarpong R. Transition Metal-Mediated C-C Single Bond Cleavage: Making the Cut in Total Synthesis.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020;
59:18898-18919. [PMID:
31984640 PMCID:
PMC7772057 DOI:
10.1002/anie.201915657]
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Abstract
Transition-metal-mediated cleavage of C-C single bonds can enable entirely new retrosynthetic disconnections in the total synthesis of natural products. Given that C-C bond cleavage inherently alters the carbon framework of a compound, and that, under transition-metal catalysis, the generated organometallic or radical intermediate is primed for further complexity-building reactivity, C-C bond-cleavage events have the potential to drastically and rapidly remodel skeletal frameworks. The recent acceleration of the use of transition-metal-mediated cleavage of C-C single bonds in total synthesis can be ascribed to a communal recognition of this fact. In this Review, we highlight ten selected total syntheses from 2014 to 2019 that illustrate how transition-metal-mediated cleavage of C-C single bonds at either the core or the periphery of synthetic intermediates can streamline synthetic efforts.
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