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DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589003
Enantioselective Catalytic Methods for the Elaboration of Chiral Tetrahydro-β-carbolines and Related Scaffolds
Publication History
Received: 07 February 2017
Accepted after revision: 27 March 2017
Publication Date:
02 May 2017 (online)
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Abstract
Tetrahydro-β-carbolines are important synthetic intermediates in the total synthesis of natural products and of compounds exhibiting strong bioactivities. Over the last decades, catalytic methods using chiral catalysts have been described for their synthesis. This review covers catalytic and enantioselective methods to access chiral tetrahydro-β-carbolines and their applications in the elaboration of complex chiral molecules.
1 Introduction
2 Asymmetric Reduction of Dihydro-β-carbolines
2.1 Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions
2.2 Asymmetric Hydrogenation Reactions
2.3 Biocatalyzed Reduction of Dihydro-β-carbolines
3 Organocatalyzed Pictet–Spengler Reactions
3.1 Chiral Thiourea-Catalyzed Reactions
3.2 Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Reactions
4 Pictet–Spengler Reactions of In Situ Generated Cyclic Iminiums
5 Organocatalyzed Functionalization of Dihydro-β-carboliniums
6 Organocatalyzed Alkylation of Tetrahydro-β-carbolines
7 Biocatalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Tetrahydro-β-carbolines
8 Conclusion and Perspectives
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