“…For the recent syntheses of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino--allitol and 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino--ribitol, [72] the diene was prepared via the regioselective C-3 ring opening of enantiomerically pure 2,3-epoxypent-4-en-1-ol by allylamine, while the first asymmetric synthesis of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino--talitol was achieved via the addition of vinylmagnesium bromide to a protected (S)-glyceraldimine derivative prior to RCM and dihydroxylation. [73] Rao and co-workers [74] also used a Grignard addition to prepare the diene of desired stereochemistry for the synthesis of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino--allitol (139) (Scheme 26).…”