Efficient diastereoselective synthesis of (2R,3R,4R)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-4,5- dimethylhexanoic acid, the lactone linkage unit of homophymine A

Article abstract of DOI:10.1248/cpb.c12-00944

For the total synthesis of novel cyclodepsipeptide homophymine A, (2R,3R,4R)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-4,5- dimethylhexanoic acid was successfully synthesized by Evans' asymmetric alkylation and the anti-selective asymmetric hydrogenation of a chiral α-amino-β-keto ester as the key steps.