ChemInform Abstract: Convenient Strategy for the Synthesis of Highly Functionalizable Hydroxylated Unsaturated Azepanes.

Key steps in the synthesis of azepanes (VIII) and (X), which are of interest as glycosidase inhibitors, are the conjugate addition of allylamine to the precursor (III) and final ring-closing metathesis with the pure diastereomers (VII) and (IX). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]