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Asymmetric [2 + 2] cycloaddition: Total synthesis of (-)-swainsonine and (+)-6-epicastanospermine
Ceccon, Julien,Greene, Andrew E.,Poisson, Jean-Francois
, p. 4739 - 4742 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) An asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-swainsonine and (+)-6-epicastanospermine is described from a common intermediate, which is obtained through diastereoselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition of dichloroketene to a chiral enol ether.
