Synthesis 2017; 49(12): 2605-2620
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589003
short review
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Enantioselective Catalytic Methods for the Elaboration of Chiral Tetrahydro-β-carbolines and Related Scaffolds

Nicolas Glinsky-Olivier
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 av. de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France   eMail: xavier.guinchard@cnrs.fr
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Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 av. de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France   eMail: xavier.guinchard@cnrs.fr
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Received: 07. Februar 2017

Accepted after revision: 27. März 2017

Publikationsdatum:
02. Mai 2017 (online)


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