Divergent synthesis of two novel muscarine analogues from D-glucose

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01952-8

A divergent synthesis of two new muscarine analogues bearing the (5S)-dioxolanyl isosteric group was achieved starting from D-glucose, enabling access to libraries of potential muscarinic agonists or antagonists. The key step of the synthesis involved a r