A formal synthesis of enantiomerically pure (-)-swainsonine was successfully achieved using intramolecular cyclization of the amino alcohol 4 which was derived from a readily available 1-(R)-alpha-methylbenzylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid (-)-menthol ester 6. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A Formal Synthesis of Swainsonine by Gold-Catalyzed Allene Cyclization
作者:Roderick W. Bates、Mark R. Dewey
DOI:10.1021/ol901094h
日期:2009.8.20
A formalsynthesis of swainsonine has been achieved using a highly efficient and diastereoselective gold(III)-catalyzed allene cyclization.