Progress in the Total Syntheses of trans-Hydrindane-Containing Terpenoids

Abstract Terpenoids are one of hotspots in the field of chemical study of natural products and important sources of discovering potential drug leads. trans-Hydrindane-containing terpenoids attracted many organic chemists’ attention because of their complex structures and versatile bioactivities. This review focuses on the synthetic methodologies and strategies toward the trans-hydrindane motif in terpenoids.