Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 48(10), p. 11141-11146, 2019
DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04752b
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The continuous flow synthesis of the chiral key intermediate of (−)-paroxetine is demonstrated via a solvent-free organocatalytic conjugate addition followed by a telescoped reductive amination–lactamization–amide/ester reduction sequence.