What is the stereochemical outcome of the asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction of β-phenethylamines with non-enolisable ketones?

Is the asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction of activated β-phenethylamines with non-enolisable ketones under reflux in a polar protic solvent: stereoselective, stereospecific or a racemization? In...

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