Raghavan Sadagopan, Reddy S Ramakrishna
Organic Division I, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
J Org Chem. 2003 Jul 11;68(14):5754-7. doi: 10.1021/jo026892y.
A stereoselective synthesis of (-)-galantinic acid is disclosed. The key steps include hydrolytic kinetic resolution of a racemic epoxide and regio- and stereoselective heterofunctionalization of an olefin, using a pendant sulfinyl group as the nucleophile. The participation of the sulfinyl group was unambiguously proven by conducting the reaction in the presence of H(2)(18)O.