%A P Wipf %A JL Methot %J Organic Letters %T Total synthesis and stereochemical revision of (+)-aeruginosin 298-A %X (aquation presented) Novel routes toward both enantiomers of the bicyclic proline surrogate 2-carboxy-6-hydroxyoctahydroindole, i.e., Choi, were developed on the basis of the oxidative cyclization of L-tyrosine. Synthesis of the proposed sequence of (+)-aeruginosin 298-A did not provide the natural product. Incorporation of a D-leucine residue, in contrast, led to the total synthesis of this thrombin inhibitor. %N 26 %P 4213 - 4216 %V 2 %D 2000 %R 10.1021/ol006759x %L pittir20544