Z. Czarnocki et al., PICTET-SPENGLER REACTION OF BIOGENIC-AMINES WITH (2R)-N-GLYOXYLOYLBORNANE-10,2-SULTAM - ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (S)-(-N-METHYLCALYCOTOMINE()), Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(12), 1995, pp. 2899-2902
(2R)-N-Glyoxyloylbornane-10,2-sultam reacted with dopamine hydrochlori
de, forming the Pictet-Spengler condensation product, which was furthe
r converted into (S)-(+)-N)-methylcalycotomine of high enantiomeric pu
rity. The same kind of reaction with tryptamine hydrochloride gave the
condensation product with 100% d.e.