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SUBMITTER: Andres R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313548 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20220311 19
The asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction (PSR) with aldehydes is well known. However, PSR involving ketones as electrophilic partners is far-less developed. We report herein the first examples of catalytic enantioselective PSR of tryptamines with α-ketoamides. A new class of easily accessible prolyl-urea organocatalysts bearing a single H-bond donor function catalyzes the title reaction to afford 1,1-disubstituted tetrahydro-β-carbolines in excellent yields and enantioselectivities. The kinetic i ...[more]