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Keywords:

  • asymmetric synthesis;
  • copper;
  • cycloaddition;
  • diastereoselectivity;
  • enantioselectivity
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Natural selection: The copper-catalyzed diastereo- and enantioselective sequential reactions of propargylic acetates with (E)-2,4-pentadienylamine give the corresponding 1,2-disubstituted tetrahydroisoindoles in high yields with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities, in which only a single copper works as a catalyst to promote both steps: the propargylic amination and intramolecular [4+2] cycloaddition.