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Dedicated to Professor Dr. A . Eschenmoser on the occasion of his 60th birthday (6.V1.85)The hypothesis which explains the diastereoselectivity of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the N-glycosylnitrones 1-3 leading to the 5,s-disubstituted isoxazolidines 4 6 on the basis of a kinetic anomeric effect predicts that nucleophiles should add to N-glycosylnitrones with a high degree of diastereoselectivity. To test this prediction, the nucleophilic addition of lithium and potassium dialkylphosphites to the crystalline (Z)-nitrone 11, prepared from oxime 9 and (benzy1oxy)acetaldehyde has been examined. The addition of lithium phosphites gave the N-glycosyl-N-hydroxyaminophosphonates 12-16 (d. e. 78-92%) in high yields (Scheme 4). The addition of potassium phosphites showed a much lower diastereoselectivity. Glycoside cleavage, hydrogenolysis, and dealkylation of 12-16 gave (+)-(S)-phosphoserine (+)-19 (34-45 % from 9).Its absolute configuration was confirmed by an X-ray analysis of the N-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-methoxy-2-phenylpropionyl) derivative 24. Similarly, the crystalline nitrone 25 gave the N-glycosyl-N-hydroxyaminophosphonate 26, which was transformed into ( +)-(S)-phosphovaline (+)-31 (42% from 9). The diastereoselectivity of the nucleophilic addition and the enantiomeric purity of ( + )-31 were determined by the analysis of the derivative 30 (d.e. 92%) and 32 (d.e. 93%), respectively. The addition of lithium diethyl phosphite to the nitrone 33, prepared in situ, gave the N-glycosyl-N-hydroxyaminophosphonate 34 (41 %;d.e. 91 YO), which was transformed in (+)-(S)-phosphoalanine (+)-37 (21 Sb from 9).

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Our results do not support the hypothesis that systemic Cpn, HSV or CMV- infection or evidence of Cpn-, HSV- or CMV-DNA in carotid plaques causes plaque destabilization and cerebral thromboembolism. Plaque infection could only be observed in cases with advanced atherosclerosis.

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