I. Dancy et al., SYNTHETIC STUDIES RELATED TO THE ESPERAMICIN CALICHEAMICIN AGLYCONE -EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION OF A HOMOCHIRAL OXABICYCLO-[7 3/1] ANALOG FROMD-XYLOSE/, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (7), 1995, pp. 799-800
The synthesis of a bicyclic model of the calicheamicin/esperamicin agl
ycone is described using a highly efficient and stereospecific Nozaki-
Kishi reaction for the ring closure.