Glyoxylate-ene reactions are available and important in natural product synthesis, their regioselectivity and asymmetric induction are dealt with in this paper.

• 乙醛酸酯的烯反应是有机合成中很重要的新反应。本文综述了该反应的区位选择性，不对称诱导及其在天然产物不对称合成中的应用。