Recent applications of the divinylcyclopropane-cycloheptadiene rearrangement in organic synthesis

This review summarizes the application of the divinylcyclopropane- cycloheptadiene rearrangement in synthetic organic chemistry. A brief overview of the new mechanistic insights concerning the title reaction is provided as well as a condensed account on the biological relevance of the topic. Heteroatom variants of this rearrangement are covered briefly