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SYNTHESIS OF (+)-GALANTINIC ACID, A CONSTITUENT AMINO ACID IN THE PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC GALANTIN I, via THE STEREOSELECTIVE EPOXIDATION OF A CHIRAL SERINE EQUIVALENT
Ohfune, Yasufumi,Kurokawa, Natsuko
, p. 1587 - 1590 (2007/10/02)
Epoxidation of (2R)-t-butoxycarbonylamino-3-butenol afforded, in a highly stereoselective manner, a threo-3,4-epoxy-2-aminobutanol derivative which was succesfully converted to the unusual amino acid (+)-galantinic acid in 8 steps via regiospecific epoxide ring opening with divinyl cuprate.
