Luiz F. Silva, Jr. and Berit Olofsson
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011,28, 1722-1754
DOI:
10.1039/C1NP00028D,
Review Article
Covering: 2008–2010
This report describes the recent applications of hypervalent iodine reagents in the total synthesis of natural products. The large diversity of high-yielding and chemoselective reactions that can be achieved, even for highly functionalized molecules, is summarized, demonstrating that hypervalent iodine reagents have become an essential tool in synthetic organic chemistry.