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A highly efficient catalytic asymmetric alkynylation of prochiral CH2 groups in tetrahydroisoquinoline was developed using copper catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of sp(3) and sp C-H bonds with the assistance of a photocatalyst and visible light.
Perepichka et al. (Thu,) studied this question.