Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Michael addition of secondary amines 1b–1g onto chiral acetylenic sulfoxides 2 followed by acid induced cyclization afforded structures of tetrahydroisoquinoline skeleton in high to moderate diastereoselectivity. Optical pure (S)-(−)-carnegine has been synthesized.