An application of quinic acid to the synthesis of cyclic homochiral molecules: A common route to some interesting carbocyclic nucleoside precursors

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)61531-9

A cyclopentane derivative elaborated from (-)-quinic acid has been converted efficiently and stereoselectively into several cyclopentylamines, precursors to carbocyclic nucleosides which have previously been shown to be biologically interesting.