It undergoes Aldol condensations with silyl ketene acetals.1 Employed in spiroannulated carbohydrate synthesis.2 Convergent syntheses of a hydroxylated indolizidine,3 carbohydrate substituted benzoquinones,4 and of the oxazole segment of calyculin5 have been accomplished using this chiral synthon.
Undergoes Aldol condensations with silyl ketene acetals. Employed in spiroannulated carbohydrate synthesis. Convergent syntheses of a hydroxylated indolizidine, carbohydrate substituted benzoquinones, and of the oxazole segment of calyculin have been accomplished using this chiral synthon.
As a chiral synthon, 2,3-O-Isopropylidene-D-erythronolactone can be used for the synthesis of certain natural products such as the leukotrienes.
