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SUBMITTER: Grim JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3166631 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grim Joseph C JC Garber Kathleen C A KC Kiessling Laura L LL
Organic letters 20110628 15
A divergent synthesis of (-)-4-epi-shikimic acid was developed. This route features a one-pot zinc-mediated reductive ring opening of an arabinofuranose followed by a Barbier reaction and culminates in a ring-closing metathesis. Functionalization of (-)-4-epi-shikimic acid via conjugate addition of a thiol occurs in high diastereoselectivity to afford a product with the features of fucosylated glycans. ...[more]