J. Org. Chem., 61 (2), 566 -572 jo951444u

Copyright © 1996 by the American Chemical Society

Total Synthesis of cis- and trans-3-Hydroxy-D-proline and (+)-Detoxinine

Johann Mulzer* and Andreas Meier

Institut für Organische Chemie der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Marie-Curie-Strasse 11, D-60439 Frankfurt, Germany

Jürgen Buschmann and Peter Luger

Institut für Kristallographie der Freien Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

Received: August 4, 1995

Abstract:

The unnatural enantiomer of the amino acid detoxinine and both diastereomeric 3-hydroxy-D-prolines have been prepared from D-mannitol via the O-silylated hydroxyproline 12 as a common key intermediate.