“…35 Application of this approach to L-idose nitrosugar derivative 4 provided the first polyhydroxylated cis-2-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid 6 (Scheme 1). 36 Nevertheless, this strategy turned out unsuitable for preparing peptides based on these β-amino acids, due to the low global yields achieved for 3a (12% yield, 7 steps), 3b (8% yield, 9 steps) and 6 (15% yield, 7 steps). Furthermore, the scope of this synthetic strategy is relatively limited, because it can provide direct access to only eight polyhydroxylated cyclopentane β-amino acids, i.e.…”