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SYNTHETIC STUDIES TOWARD MAYTANSINOIDS (2) A NEW STRATEGY BASED ON ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION BY HETEROCONJUGATE ADDITION OF METHYLLITHIUM ONTO PYRANOSYL HETERO-OLEFINS
Isobe, Minoru,Kitamura, Masato,Goto, Toshio
, p. 239 - 242 (1981)
The functionalized pyranosyl hetero-olefins 4a, 13 and 15 received a remarkable diastereoselective addition of methyllithium to form threo adducts, one of which was introduced into a possible synthetic intermediate as 3 for maytansine (1) along Scheme I.