Fe. Ziegler et Pg. Harran, A SYNTHESIS OF NATURALLY-OCCURRING ,2S,3R)-4-HYDROXYMETHYLCYCLOPENT-4-ENE-1,2,3-TRIOL UTILIZING THE CYCLIZATION OF A DIOXOLANYL RADICAL, Synlett, (5), 1995, pp. 493-494
A radical cyclization is employed in the synthesis of a biosynthetic p
recursor of aristeromycin and neplanocin A. A derivative of L-tartaric
acid is used as both the source of chirality and the carbon radical.