One-Pot Organocatalytic Enantioselective Domino Double-Michael Reaction and Pictet-Spengler鈥揕actamization Reaction. A Facile Entry to the 鈥淚nside Yohimbane鈥?System with Five Contiguous Stereogenic Cen
An expedited method was developed for the enantioselective synthesis of dodecahydrobenz[a]indolo[3,2-h]quinolizine containing five contiguous stereogenic centers with high enantioselectivities (>99% ee). The methodology comprises a domino organocatalytic double Michael reaction and Pictet-Spengler鈥搇actamization reaction. The structures and absolute configurations of the appropriate products were confirmed by X-ray analysis.