T. Nagasaka et al., 1-AZASPIRO[4.4]NONANE-2,6-DIONE AND THE SEPARATION AND ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATIONS OF ITS ENANTIOMERS, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 8(2), 1997, pp. 191-194
Racemic 1-azaspiro[4.4]nonane-2,6-dione 1 was easily synthesized from
cyclopentanone in five steps and resolved via chiral acetals into enan
tiomers. Cephlotaxine (-)-3 and its enantiomer (+)-3 were obtained fro
m (-)-1 and (+)-1, respectively, according to the literature. (C) 1997
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