Synthesis of pyrrolidine homoazasugars and 3,4-dihydroxy-5-hydroxymethylprolines using aldol additions of metalated bislactim ethers to 2,4-O-ethylidene-d-erythroses
syn-stereoselectivity of the aldol addition to β-protected 2,4-O-ethylidene-erythroses. In the addition to the “unprotected” 2,4-O-ethylidene-erythrose, the preference for chair-shaped transition structures in which the erythrose moiety is involved in a six-membered chelate ring is consistent with the experimentally observed syn,anti-stereochemical outcome. The preparative utility of the aldol-based approach was demonstrated