1989 Volume 37 Issue 4 Pages 1087-1089
(2S, 3S, 4S)-4-Amino-2, 3-dihydroxyhexanedioic acid derivatives (11 and 12) were synthesized from an (R)-pyroglutamic acid derivative (3) by cis-dihydroxylation of the α, β-unsaturated lactam (4) as the key reaction.