Elsevier, Tetrahedron Letters, 32(44), p. 6137-6140
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(03)01452-7
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The elaboration of 1-alkylthio- and 1-arylthio-tetrahydroisoquinolines by means of the activated Pictet–Spengler reaction of N-sulfonyl-β-phenethylamines with thioorthoesters as electrophiles, and their use as sulfonyl iminium ion precursors for carboncarbon bond formation, leading to 1-substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives, is reported.