Retraction: Organocatalytic stereoselective synthesis of passifloricin A.

Retraction of 'Organocatalytic stereoselective synthesis of passifloricin A' by Pradeep Kumar et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 1820-1825.

Retraction: A highly concise and practical route to clavaminols, sphinganine and (+)-spisulosine via indium mediated allylation of α-hydrazino aldehyde and a theoretical insight into the stereochemical aspects of the reaction.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1039/C3RA43048K.].

Organocatalytic stereoselective synthesis of passifloricin A.

The enantioselective synthesis of passifloricin A has been achieved in high diastereomeric excess. The 1,3-polyol moiety was constructed by iterative proline-catalyzed sequential α-aminoxylation and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) olefination of aldehydes while the synthesis of lactone moiety was achieved by ring-closing metathesis (RCM).