V. Popsavin et al., STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF (-MUSCARINE FROM D-GLUCOSE, SUITABLE FOR PREPARATION OF 5-SUBSTITUTED ANALOGS()), Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 63(10), 1998, pp. 1522-1527
A stereospecific synthesis of (+)-muscarine iodide (1) has been achiev
ed starting from D-glucose as a chiral precursor. The key steps of the
synthesis involved a stereospecific cyclization of 3,5-di-O-mesyl der
ivative 3 into the 2,5-anhydride 4, the stereospecific catalytic hydro
genation of unsaturated derivative 6, and the C-4 epimerization of alc
ohol 12 by Mitsunobu reaction.