H. Dollt et al., Synthesis of (+)-(S)-streptenol A and biomimetic synthesis of (2R,4S)- and(2S,4S)-2-(pent-3-enyl)piperidin-4-ol, HELV CHIM A, 82(7), 1999, pp. 1111-1121
(+)-(S)-Streptenol A is synthesized by coupling a 1,3-dithiane with an opti
cally pure epoxide. The absolute configuration of (+)-(S)-streptenol A is t
hereby correlated with that of (S)-malic acid. Stereoselective reduction of
an oxime that could easily be prepared from streptenol A gave the (3S,5R)-
and (3S,5S)-aminostreptenols, and after cyclization, configurationally pur
e 2,4-functionalized piperidine alkaloids.