The intramolecular 1, 3-chirality transfer reaction of chiral amino alcohols 1 with 99% ee was developed to construct chiral 1-substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline 2. Bi (OTf) 3 (10 mol%)- catalyzed cyclization of 1 (R= H) afforded (S)-1-(E)-propenyl tetrahydroisoquinoline 2 (R= H) in 83% yield with a ratio of 98: 2. The stereochemistry at the newly formed chiral center was produced by a syn SN2′-type process. In this reaction, the substituent on the benzene ...