Synthesis of (+)-polyoxamic acid and D-sorbitol from simple achiral allylic halides employing (S,S)-hydrobenzoin as a chiral source.
Coupling of cis-1-bromo-2-pentene and (S,S)-hydrobenzoin stannylene acetal followed by regio- and stereoselective transformations of the resulting allylic ether gave (+)-polyoxamic acid and a similar procedure was applied to the synthesis of D-sorbitol from trans-1-iodo-2-hexene.
Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea. kwan@yonsei.ac.kr
Kwan Soo
KS
Kim
Yong Joo
YJ
Lee
Jin Hwan
JH
Kim
Da Kyung
DK
Sung