
%0 Journal Article
%A Culvenor, CCJ 
%A Foster, MC 
%A Hegarty, MPW 
%T A total synthesis of indospicine, 6-Amidino-2-aminohexanoic acid
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1971/02/01
%V 24
%N 2
%P 371-375
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9710371
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9710371 
%X Indospicine (1), the hepatotoxic amino acid from Indigofera spicata Forsk. is synthesized from 2-amino-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (6- hydroxynorleucine) by stepwise replacement of hydroxyl by tosyloxy, cyano, imidoester, and amidine groupings. 
