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The reaction of glutaraldehyde with (R)- or (S)-phenylglycinol as the source of nitrogen and the chirality inductor directly provides the spiropiperidine skeleton [Eq. (a)] of the alkaloids sibirine and isonitramine. The title compounds are available in a total of three and four steps, respectively.
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