Hs. Overkleeft et Uk. Pandit, A FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF CASTANOSPERMINE USING AN OLEFIN METATHESIS CYCLIZATION REACTION AS A KEY STEP, Tetrahedron letters, 37(4), 1996, pp. 547-550
The formal synthesis of castanospermine (1) starting from tetrabenylgl
uconolactam (3) is described. Olefin metathesis cyclisation reaction o
f dialkene 9, derived from 3, leads to indolizidinone 10, which can be
used as a key intermediate for the synthesis of castanospermine (1) a
nd its analogues.