“…The main synthetic method for assembling of spiro[4H -pyran-oxindole] compounds is based on the three-component reactions of two (usually different) 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, or alternatively their synthetic equivalents, with isatin derivatives. We and others investigated three-component reactions of isatins 114, malononitrile 240, phenyl-acetonitrile 241, methyl-, ethyl-and other cyanoacetates 242, and various 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds 243 to afford a series of spiroindolones 244 (Scheme 66)[132][133][134][135][136].…”