Stereoselective Synthesis

Content: 
Studies in Natural Products Chemistry
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Foreword
Page v
Koji Nakanishi

Preface
Page vii
Atta-ur-Rahman

Contributors
Pages xi-xii

Synthetic Routes to the Oxahydrindene Subunit of the Avermectin- Milbemycin Family of Antiparasitic Agents: A Review
Pages 3-33
S. Andrew Peak, Amos B. Smith III

A New Tandem Process and its Application to the Synthesis of Macrolide Antibiotics
Pages 35-62
Masaya Nakata, Kuniaki Tatsuta

Stereoselective Synthetic and Mechanistic Chemistry of Bicyclomycin
Pages 63-112
Robert M. Williams

The Role of Isocyanides in the Synthesis of β-Lactam Antibiotics and Related Compounds
Pages 113-143
Heiner Eckert, Ivar Ugi

Synthesis of the 1β-Methylcarbapenem Key Intermediates
Pages 145-177
Yoshio Ito, Shiro Terashima

Chemical Studies of the Taxane Diterpenes
Pages 179-231
Charles S. Swindell

Recent Advances in the synthesis of Tumor-Promoting Diterpenes
Pages 233-274
James H. Rigby

Hydroxylated Indolizidines and their Synthesis
Pages 275-363
Janine Cossy, Pierre Vogel

A Survey of Indolo [2,3-a] carbazole Alkaloids and Related Natural Products
Pages 365-409
Gordon W. Gribble, Steven J. Berthel

Synthetic Methodology for 2-Amino Alcohols of Biological Interest
Pages 411-444
Takehisa Kunieda, Tadao Ishizuka

Stereoselective Synthesis of Natural Products via Cationic and Radical Intermediates
Pages 445-498
Shiroshi Shibuya, Tsutomu Yokomatsu, Yoko Yuasa

Subject Index
Pages 499-528