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mCPBA induced oxidative cyclization of the aminoalcohol 1a under compl
ete stereocontrol, generating after acetal formation a new diastereome
rically pure key intermediate 2b for the flexible synthesis of azasuga
rs. 2b could be converted to protected rac-mannonojirimycin 3 in only
three steps.