Double diastereocontrol in the synthesis of enantiomerically pure polyoxamic acid
Abstract
Polyoxamic acid 4 is prepared by a short and efficient process involving diastereochemically matched cycloaddition of 5-(S)-phenylmorpholin-2-one 1 with (S)-glyceraldehyde acetonide 2, followed by sequential hydrolysis and hydrogenolysis of the adduct.