“…Polyhydroxylated piperidines (azasugars) are potent inhibitors of carbohydrate-processing enzymes, which suggests they will find utility in treating viral infections, cancer, diabetes, and tuberculosis . Furthermore, piperidines serve as building blocks for the synthesis of more complex alkaloids, including the indolizidine and quinolizidine ring systems, which in themselves exhibit a broad range of biological activities , Unfortunately, most of these procedures lack generality, are racemic,7c or target specific syntheses. 7d-n Few of these methods provide convenient access to enantiopure ring functionalized examples, with the majority of these being target-specific .…”