In recent years, organocatalysis has enhanced its importance as a tool for the synthesis of
enantiomerically enriched compounds. Among the candidates for organocatalysis, the …

Abstract The 3, 3′‐disubstituted oxindole structural motif is a prominent feature in many
alkaloid natural products, which include all kinds of tetrasubstituted carbon stereocenters …

This review highlights a number of additives that can be used to make asymmetric reactions
perfect. Without changing other reaction conditions, simply adding additives can lead to …

The enantioselective synthesis of 3-functionalized oxindole derivatives has experienced an
explosive development. This minireview introduces the recent application of rare earth (RE) …

Covering: 2007 to 2009 This review covers the most recent applications of organocatalysis
in the synthesis of natural products and non-natural biologically active molecules. Our aim is …

The organocatalytic enantioselective decarboxylative addition of malonic acid half thioesters
to ketimines derived from isatins by using N‐heteroarenesulfonyl cinchona alkaloid amides …

We report a highly enantioselective Morita− Baylis− Hillman (MBH) reaction of isatins and
acrolein to provide enantiomerically enriched 3-substituted 3-hydroxyoxindoles, which could …

The asymmetric aldol reaction of isatin derivatives and acetaldehyde has been developed
using 4-hydroxydiarylprolinol as a catalyst, affording the aldol products with high …

The first example of a direct catalytic asymmetric intermolecular aldol reaction of 3-
isothiocyanato oxindoles to simple ketones with bifunctional thiourea-tertiary amine as …

Brønsted acid catalyzed functionalization of sp3 C–H bonds in 2-methyl azaarenes has
been achieved in the reaction with isatins. This method provides facile synthesis of …