Concise total syntheses of (R)-pipecolic acid, (2R,3R)-3-hydroxypipecolic acid and formal syntheses of β-(+)-conhydrine, (−)-lentiginosine, (−)-swainsonine and -1,2-di-epi-swainsonine have been accomplished starting from a common chiral synthon.

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The key synthon cis-aziridine has been efficiently utilised for the synthesis of tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), using Wittig olefination, Barbier addition, Mitsunobu reaction and ring closing metathesis (RCM) as key essentials.

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