Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric multicomponent cascade reactions for enantioselective synthesis of spirooxindoles

Abstract

Asymmetric catalytic multicomponent cascade reactions have become indispensable tools for enantioselective construction of spirooxindoles. In recent years, a number of successful strategies have been developed for the synthesis of enantioenriched spirooxindoles in high yield with excellent stereo- and regioselectivity. This review summarizes the recent advances on enantioselective construction of spirooxindoles including spiro[N-heterocycle-oxindoles], spiro[cycloalkane-oxindoles] and spiro[O-heterocycle-oxindoles] catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids, amines, and bifunctional thiourea/squaramides.