Recent applications of gold-catalyzed cascade reactions in total synthesis of natural product

Abstract

From the point of the view of the synthetic efficiency, the concept ‘step economy’ was required in total synthesis of natural product. Recently, versatile gold-catalyzed cascade reactions have been developed, and relating reports on practical applications in total synthesis has increased. This digest focuses and summarizes the gold-catalyzed reaction cascades in natural product synthesis during last five years with brief discussion on the reaction mechanism of the key gold-catalyzed cascade transformations.