1997 Volume 45 Issue 6 Pages 962-965
A short synthetic route to (-)-bulgecinine (1), the amino acid moiety of bulgecins, was established by using 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition of N-benzyl-α-methoxycarbonylmethanimine N-oxide (6) to a chiral allylic alcohol (5) with moderate threo selectivity as the key reaction.