A highly stereoselective procedure for the synthesis
of spiro-polycyclic
oxindoles bearing five contiguous stereogenic centers including two
tetrasubstituted carbons has been developed. Under sequential organocatalysis
performed by a pyrrolidine-based organocatalyst and DBU, a highly
atom-economical Michael–domino Michael/aldol reaction sequence
was optimized, yielding variously functionalized spiro-decalin oxindoles
with excellent stereoselectivity (>99:1 dr, up to 92% ee).
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