The semi-pinacol rearrangement is fast becoming an extremely reliable reaction in organic synthesis allowing the rapid construction of relatively complex stereodefined products in high yield. Recent advances in asymmetric synthesis have also enabled enantiopure precursors to partake in the rearrangement showing that extremely high levels of stereospecificity are observed. In this critical review recent advances in the semi-pinacol rearrangement over the past 15 years are examined which demonstrate the extremely high utility of this reaction towards the development of structurally diverse organic building blocks (74 references).

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α-羟基环氧化物和相关化合物的半松果酚重排的最新进展。

半频哪醇重排迅速成为有机合成中极为可靠的反应，从而可以高产率快速构建相对复杂的立体定义产物。不对称合成的最新进展还使对映纯前体能够重排，表明观察到极高水平的立体特异性。在这项重要的综述中，研究了过去15年间频哪醇重排的最新进展，这些进展证明了该反应对开发结构多样的有机结构单元具有极高的实用性（74个参考文献）。