Total asymmetric synthesis of sperabillins B and DElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental details. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b305740b/

Abstract

A concise route to the core fragment of sperabillins B and D, methyl (3R,5R,6R)-3,6-diamino-5-hydroxyheptanoate, has been developed with a subsequent novel protection strategy allowing the total asymmetric synthesis of sperabillins B and D.