Enantio- and stereocontrolled syntheses of branched-chain sugar, L-arcanose and L-olivomycose based on the chemistry of 1-trimethylsilyl-2,3-butadiene

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(91)80027-4

Branched-chain sugars, L-arcanose and L-olivomycose, have been synthesized in a completely enantio- and stereocontrolled manner starting from Lewis acid mediated reaction of 1-trimethylsilyl-2,3-butadiene with (S)-2-benzyloxypropanal.