Starting from acid chlorides, alkynes, tryptamines, and acryloyl chloride, 21 densely substituted tetrahydro-β-carbolines were prepared in a four-component, one-pot reaction. In this study, the aza-Michael addition step to generate intermediate enaminones was optimized presence of ytterbium triflate. Moreover, apart all reactants could be deployed almost equimolar ratios, which increases atom e...