Dichloromethane (DCM), hexane, ethyl acetate (EtOAc), and diethyl ether (Et 2 O) were obtained from EMD Chemicals. Toluene (PhMe), methanol (MeOH), and tetrahydrofuran (THF) were obtained from Fisher Scientific. Palladium on carbon (5 wt% and 10 wt%), anhydrous magnesium sulfate, (-)-sparteine, acetaldehyde, and 2-mesitylmagnesium bromide solution (1.0 M in Et 2 O) were acquired from Sigma Aldrich. Dimethoxyethane, trichlorosilane, secbutyllithium (1.3 M in cyclohexane/hexanes (98/2)), and ytterbium (III) triflate hydrate were purchased from Acros Organics.tert-butyl-1-pyrrolidine-carboxylate, ammonium hexafluorosilicate, amberlyst-A21, 1-methylisatin, and 1-phenylisatin were purchased from Alfa-Aesar. Diphenylchlorosilane was obtained from Gelest. 4-chloroisatin was obtained from TCI America. Commercially available reagents were purchased and used without further purification unless otherwise indicated. sec-Butyllithium was titrated before use with diphenylacetic acid to obtain accurate concentration for reactions.Reactions were analyzed by thin layer chromatography (TLC) on EMD glass plates that were pre-coated with silica gel 60 F254, and the reactions were purified by column chromatography using Acros silica gel 60 Å (0.035-0.070 mm) or Sigma Aldrich silica gel 150 Å grade 62 (60-200 mesh). The following abbreviations are used throughout: ethyl acetate (EtOAc), acetonitrile (MeCN), dichloromethane (DCM), isopropanol (IPA), methanol (MeOH), enantiomeric excess (ee), triethylamine (Et 3 N). All aldol reactions were performed in glass vials with Teflon caps and exposure to atmospheric conditions.All 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra were recorded at ambient temperature at 300, 400, and 600 MHz or 75, 100, and 150 MHz, respectively. 19 F NMR spectra were recorded at ambient temperature at 282 MHz. 29 Si NMR spectra were recorded at ambient temperature at 119 MHz. The 1 H spectral data are reported as follows: chemical shift in parts per million downfield from tetramethylsilane on the δ scale, multiplicity (s, singlet; d, doublet; t, triplet; q, quartet; s, septet; m, multiplet; dd, doublet of doublets, and b, broadened), coupling constant (Hz), and integration. Carbon NMR chemical shifts are reported in ppm from tetramethylsilane with the solvent reference employed as the internal standard (deuterochloroform (CDCl 3 )) at 77.16 ppm. Unless otherwise indicated, all chiral stationary phase HPLC analyses were performed with a Daicel CHIRALCEL OD-H column (4.6 x 250mm, 5 µm), CHIRALPAK AD-H column (4.6 x 250 mm, 5 µm), or CHIRALPAK AS-H column (4.6 x 250 mm, 5 µm), with corresponding guard columns, with a flow rate of 0.5 -1.0 mL/min (2-propanol/hexanes isocratic system) using a photodiode array detector and at various column oven temperature. Compounds were analyzed by HRMS on an orbitrap spectrometer using electrospray ionization in the positive ion mode at >60000 resolutions and using typical ESI source values. These settings result in mass accuracies <5 ppm. Some compounds were analyzed by LRMS in the positive ion mode o...