Mj. Mokrosz et al., STRUCTURE AND SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF BETA-CARBOLINES .7. THE PICTET-SPENGLER REACTION OF TRYPTAMINES WITH N-BENZYL-4-PIPERIDONE, Heterocycles, 37(1), 1994, pp. 265-274
The Pictet-Spengler reaction of substituted tryptamines (1b-1g) with N
-benzyl-4-piperidone afforded spiro derivatives (3b-3g) with a yield o
f 11-76%. A charge sensitivity analysis (CSA) of the protonated form o
f Schiff bases (8) indicated that the intramolecular electrophilic att
ack at position 3 is favorable in relation to that at position 2.