Starting from the known peracetylated piperidinose derivatives (7a) an
d (7b), the corresponding altrono- and arabinono-lactams (4) and (5) w
ere obtained in a straightforward way. A selective two-step hydrolysis
of the anomeric acetoxy groups gave the free hydroxyls (8a) and (8b)
which were oxidised to the delta-lactams (9a) and (9b), respectively.
Deprotection of these latter compounds led to the target molecules.