A diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of isoxazolidinyl nucleosi
des (4) is described. The required isoxazolidine intermediate (16) was
successfully prepared by the dioxolane-derived tautomerization of the
corresponding lactol (13) which, in turn, was obtained from the reduc
tion of the Michael adduct of N-methyl hydroxylamine and the unsaturat
ed gamma-lactone (5). Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd