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A short enantioselective synthesis of (-)-chloramphenicol and (+)-thiamphenicol using tethered aminohydroxylation
George, Shyla,Narina, Srinivasarao V.,Sudalai, Arumugam
, p. 10202 - 10207 (2007/10/03)
An efficient enantioselective synthesis of (-)-chloramphenicol (1) and (+)-thiamphenicol (2) is described. These antibiotics have been synthesized from commercially available 4-nitrobenzaldehyde and 4-(methylthio)benzaldehyde, respectively, using tethered aminohydroxylation and Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation as the chirality inducing steps.