Jiao Xiao-Zhen, Wang Li-Ping, Xiao Qiong, Xie Ping, Liang Xiao-Tian
Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2009;11(3):274-80. doi: 10.1080/10286020902828369.
A new approach for the synthesis of the (+)-conagenin has been achieved based on Evans asymmetry syn-aldol reaction and the self-regeneration of stereocenters strategy.