Gold catalysis has emerged over the last two decades as a protocole of choice for the efficient and selective activation of a variety of organic functional groups. This has served to the total synthesis of natural products at several occasions. In thi...
Gold catalysis has emerged over the last two decades as a protocole of choice for the efficient and selective activation of a variety of organic functional groups. This has served to the total synthesis of natural products at several occasions. In this context, the gold‐catalyzed migration (1,2‐ or 1,3‐) of propargyl acetates has been particularly used. This review highlights these different synthetic developments which are presented according to the involved mechanisms.