A norbornyl route to aminocyclohexitols: syntheses of diverse aminocarbasugars and ‘confused’ aminocarbasugars

New syntheses of a range of aminocyclitols, of the aminocarbasugar and ‘confused’ aminocarbasugar type, from simple, readily available norbornyl derived building-blocks is reported. Our synthetic approaches incorporate features that provide for large product diversity in terms of the placement of the amino group on the cyclohexitol matrix.