Wh. Pearson et Ej. Hembre, SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL POLYHYDROXYLATED QUINOLIZIDINES - RING EXPANDED ANALOGS OF GLYCOSIDASE INHIBITORY INDOLIZIDINES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(51), 1993, pp. 8221-8224
Two polyhydroxylated quinolizidines, 1R,2R,3R,9S,9aR)-1,2,3,9-tetrahyd
roxyquinolizidine 9 and 1R,2R,3R,9R,9aS)-1,2,3,9-tetrahydroxyquinolizi
dine 10, have been synthesized by the reductive double cyclization of
15 alpha and 15 beta. Quinolizidine 9 can be viewed either as a ring e
xpanded analog of 6-epicastanospermine or of 8-episwainsonine, while 1
0 is a ring expanded analog of 1,6,8a-triepicastanospermine or of 8a-e
piswainsonine.