%0 Journal Article %J Tetrahedron Letters %D 2009 %T Enantioselective total synthesis of (2S,3R,4R)-D-xylo-phytosphingosine from substituted azetidin-2-one %A Pandey, Ganesh %A Tiwari, Dharmendra Kumar %K beta-lactam %K Enantioselective synthesis %K Sphingosine %K Wittig reaction %X

Enantiomerically pure (2S,3R,4R)-D-xylo phytosphingosine is synthesized in 36% overall yield in seven steps from known beta-lactam (8) derived from D-mannitol triacetonide. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

%B Tetrahedron Letters %I PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD %C THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND %V 50 %P 3296-3298 %8 JUL %G eng %N 26 %3 Foreign %4 2.618 %R 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.02.050