posted on 2000-10-21, 00:00authored byM. Robert Leanna, John A. DeMattei, Wenke Li, Paul J. Nichols, Michael Rasmussen, Howard E. Morton
N-Boc-l-Leucinol was converted to two C-13 side chain precursors of the 9-dihydrotaxane analogue ABT-271. The trans-oxazolidine acid 4 and
the cis-Boc-lactam 2b were prepared in 44% and 40% overall yield, respectively, and with excellent (>98%) stereochemical purity.