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hands, we next turned to the obtention of C8-aminocyclitols. Thus, reduction of the azido group of 11 by dihydrogen in the presence of palladium black in ethyl acetate (Scheme 3) afforded the amino-alcohol 13 which could be submitted to acidic hydrolysis of the O-protective groups to give, after
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configurations may be easily prepared. Our synthetic strategy is outlined in Scheme 1. We have previously shown that the configuration of 1,3-aminoalcohol derivatives, such as 10, may be controlled by the addition of a lithium enolate to an N-sulfinyl imine (→ 9, for example) and diastereoselective reduction
(Scheme 2).[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Two-directional[33] oxidative ring expansion of 1,3-difuryl 1,3-aminoalcohol derivatives 4 would yield a densely functionalised bis-enone which would be ripe for further functionalisation. The term "two-directional synthesis" is usually used to describe the
materials were prepared from the 1,3-aminoalcohol derivatives 1,3syn- and 1,3anti-10 (Scheme 6). Treatment of the difuryl 1,3-sulfinimido alcohols 1,3syn- and 1,3anti-10 with NBS in buffered THF-water precipitiated sulfonamide oxidation and two-directional ring expansion of both furan rings;[50] the crude