- Asymmetric [2 + 2] cycloaddition: total synthesis of (-)-swainsonine and (+)-6-epicastanospermine.
Asymmetric [2 + 2] cycloaddition: total synthesis of (-)-swainsonine and (+)-6-epicastanospermine.
Organic letters (2006-10-06)
Julien Ceccon, Andrew E Greene, Jean-François Poisson
PMID17020291
ABSTRACT
[reaction: see text] An asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-swainsonine and (+)-6-epicastanospermine is described from a common intermediate, which is obtained through diastereoselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition of dichloroketene to a chiral enol ether.
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