Efficient enantiospecific entry to a highly functionalized cyclopentane building block

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0957-4166(97)00225-5

A simple and efficient route has been developed for the synthesis of a polyfunctionalized cyclopentane in enantiomerically pure form. D-Glucose is the source of chirality for this versatile building block and a highly diastereoselective Diels-Alder reaction with cyclopentadiene is the key step.