R. Brettle et al., SYNTHESIS OF INO-4(R),5(R)-DIHYDROXY-1-CYCLOHEXENE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID - THE 3(R)-AMINO ANALOG OF (-)-SHIKIMIC ACID, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 6(3), 1996, pp. 291-294
(-)-3(R)-Amino-4(R),5 (R)-dihydroxy-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid (t
he 3(R)-amino analogue of (-)-shilcimic acid) has been synthesised fro
m (-)-shibimic acid in seven steps.