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A domino process consisting of an amidation, spirocyclization, and formation of an iminium ion and electrophilic aromatic substitution of a phenylethylamine and a ketoester leads to the spirocyclic skeleton of (+)-erysotramidine, which can be further transformed into the natural alkaloid.
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