Volume 27, Issue 11
Natural Products
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ChemInform Abstract: A Formal Total Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Thienamycin.

S. G. DAVIES

S. G. DAVIES

Dyson Perrins Lab., Univ. Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK

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C. J. R. HEDGECOCK

C. J. R. HEDGECOCK

Dyson Perrins Lab., Univ. Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK

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J. M. MCKENNA

J. M. MCKENNA

Dyson Perrins Lab., Univ. Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK

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First published: March 12, 1996

Abstract

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The enantiomerically pure synthon (V) of the title compound (+)-(VI) is synthesized via a 13-step sequence. The pivotal reaction is the highly diastereoselective Michael addition of the differentially protected Li amide (II) to the unsaturated ester (I).

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