Samarium(II) Iodide Mediated Cyclizations in Natural Product Synthesis

Samarium(II) Iodide Mediated Cyclizations in Natural Product Synthesis
Outline:
-Introduction and Background
-Intramolecular Barbier Reaction
-Intramolecular Reformatsky Reaction
-Radical Alkene and Alkyne Cyclizations
-Carbonyl-Alkene Reductive Cyclizations
-Intramolecular Pinacol Couplings
-Intramolecular Reductive Couplings of Carbonyls and Hydrazones
-Total Synthetic endeavors utilizing mutiple SmI2 cyclizations