Thieme Gruppe, Synlett: Accounts and Rapid Communications in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 8(2008), p. 1189-1192, 2008
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The first asymmetric synthesis of (-)-morusimic acid D, a 2,3-trans-2,6-cis-2-methyl-6-substituted piperidin-3-ol containing alkaloid is reported. The key steps are the reductive alkylation of N,O-diprotected 3-hydroxyglutarimide, a stepwise reductive alkylation, and an asymmetric aldol-type reaction using a modified Evans chiral auxiliary.