support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22377113,21927811,22134004);the Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province(tsqn202306103);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Ocean University of China)is greatly appreciated.
3,3-Disubstituted oxindoles,forming the core of extensive bioactive natural products and drugs,attract tremendous efforts to develop efficient methods for their preparation.Here,a photocatalyst-free approach for the s...
Yixin Lu thanks the Singapore National Research Foundation,Prime Minister’s Office for the NRF Investigatorship Award(R-143-000-A15-281);Financial supports from the National University of Singapore(R-143-000-695-114 and C-141-000-092-001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21672158)are also gratefully acknowledged.
An enantioselective umpolung γ-addition reaction of 3’-indolyl-3-oxindoles to allenoates catalyzed by amino acid-derived bifunctional phosphine catalysts has been developed. A wide range of chiral mixed 3,3’-bisind...