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Enantiospecific Total Synthesis of (-)-Swainsonine: New Aplications of Sodium Borohydride Reduction
Setoi, Hiroyuki,Takeno, Hidekazu,Hashimoto, Masashi
, p. 3948 - 3950 (2007/10/02)
A short, enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-swainsonine (1) from D-mannose has been achieved by a route involving, as a key step, a double cyclization of 4c.The synthesis takes adventage of new features of sodium borohydride for reducing conjugated esters and lactams.
