Synthetic applications of the cyclic iminocarbonate rearrangement:: enantioselective syntheses of chloramphenicol and 4-epi-cytoxazone

Chloramphenicol and 4-epi-cytoxazone have been enantioselectively synthesized using the asymmetric dihydroxylation and the cyclic iminocarbonate rearrangement as key steps. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.