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ENANTIOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF SWAINSONINE, (1S, 2R, 8R, 8aR)-1,2,8-TRIHYDROXYOCTAHYDROINDOLIZINE, FROM D-MANNOSE
Fleet, G. W. J.,Gough, M. J.,Smith, P. W.
, p. 1853 - 1856 (1984)
An enantiospecific synthesis of swainsonine from D-mannose is described; the heterocyclic rings of swainsonine are constructed by two intramolecular reductive aminations caused by the catalytic hydrogenation of an azidoaldehyde with 5 equivalents of hydrogen.
