Synlett, Table of Contents Synlett 2013; 24(18): 2427-2430DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339905 letter © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Direct Access to Iminosugars through an Interrupted Kondrat’eva Reaction Zena Qadoumi Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada Fax: +1(778)7823765 Email: rbritton@sfu.ca , James Senior Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada Fax: +1(778)7823765 Email: rbritton@sfu.ca , Milan Bergeron-Brlek Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada Fax: +1(778)7823765 Email: rbritton@sfu.ca , Robert Britton* Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada Fax: +1(778)7823765 Email: rbritton@sfu.ca › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract A concise synthesis of an iminosugar from an oxazole is presented that involves an interrupted inverse electron-demand Kondrat’eva reaction. 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