Abstract
A new facile method for the synthesis of enantiopure 3,4-disubstituted tetrahydroisoquinolines 10a-d and 14 is described. Starting from commercially available α-amino acids the compounds 3a-d and 4 were prepared by an easy five-step sequence and afterwards cyclized selectively in an intramolecular Heck reaction using Pd(OAc)2, PPh3, TPAB and KOAc.

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