@article{182f02ec29184bac815c2546f59378f5,
title = "Total synthesis of the L-hexoses",
abstract = "Enantiomerically pure polyhydroxylated natural products are synthesized by using a reiterative two-carbon extension cycle consisting of four steps. The generality and efficiency of this methodology are demonstrated in the total synthesis of all eight L-hexoses.",
author = "Ko, \{Soo Y.\} and LEE, \{Albert W M\} and Satoru Masamune and Reed, \{Lawrence A.\} and \{Barry Sharpless\}, K. and Walker, \{Frederick J.\}",
note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. We are grateful to the National Institutes of Health (grant GM 31124) and to the National Science Foundation for financial support. High-resolution mass spectra were provided by a facility supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant RR 00317). We are greatly indebted to Drs. Y. Ito, T. Katsuki, P. Ma, V. Martin, D. Tuddenham and S. Viti for their contributions which provided the foundation for the present work.",
year = "1983",
doi = "10.1126/science.220.4600.949",
language = "English",
volume = "220",
pages = "949--951",
journal = "Science",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "4600",
}