I. Izquierdo et al., Polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidines. Part 1: Short and highly stereocontrolledsyntheses of hyacinthacines, TETRAHEDR-A, 12(17), 2001, pp. 2481-2487
Two short and highly stereocontrolled syntheses for 7a-epi-hyacinthacine A(
2) (7-deoxyalexine) 3 and 5,7a-diepihyacinthacine A(3) 4 are, respectively,
reported herein. An appropriately protected polyhydroxypyrrolidine. (2R,3R
,4R,5S)-3,4-dibenzyloxy-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-2'-O-tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-2,
5-bis(hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidine 5, readily available from D-fructose, was c
hosen as the chiral starting material. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All r
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