Asymmetric synthesis of (-)-swainsonine

Authors

Karl Lindsay
Stephen G. Pyne, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

11495

Publication Details

Lindsay, K. & Pyne, S. G. (2004). Asymmetric synthesis of (-)-swainsonine. Australian Journal of Chemistry: an international journal for chemical science, 57 (7), 669-672.

Abstract

This paper describes a new synthesis of (-)-swainsonine via the ring-closing metathesis reaction of a substituted 3-allyl-4-vinyl-2-oxazolindinone and subsequent diastereoselective syn-dihydroxylation of the resulting pyrrolo[1,2-c]oxazol-3-one.