Dhr. Barton et al., TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (-)-OVALICIN AND ANALOGS FROM L-QUEBRACHITOL, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (12), 1995, pp. 1551-1558
We describe here the first chiral total synthesis of (-)-ovalicin and
the synthesis of several related analogues, from the naturally occurri
ng cyclitol L-quebrachitol.