Enantioselective approaches to aminocyclopentitols: A total synthesis of (+)-6-epitrehazolin and...

Presents a study on the enantioselective total syntheses of (-)-6-epitrehazolin and (+)-trehazolin. Description of research materials and methods used; Role of inhibitors of glycosidases in major advances of modern glycobiology; Reference to the discovery of several aminocyclopentitol-containing natural products; Chemical and biological properties of trehazolin.