title: Asymmetric synthesis of anti-1,2-amino alcohols via the Borono-Mannich reaction: a formal synthesis of (-)-swainsonine.
abstract: Chiral alpha-hydroxy aldehydes generated in situ by the ADH reaction of vinyl sulfones undergo a borono-Mannich reaction with beta-styrenyl boronic acid and primary amines to give anti-1,2-amino alcohols in high enantiomeric purities (83-95% ee). This new method allows much more rapid access to these valuable chiral building blocks that has been used in a short formal synthesis (10 synthetic steps from 4-penten-1-ol) of (-)-swainsonine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher W G
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pyne
mesh_terms: D000605:Amino Alcohols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D017026:Swainsonine / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000605:Amino Alcohols; D017026:Swainsonine