3‐Isothiocyanato Oxindoles Serving as Powerful and Versatile Precursors to Structurally Diverse Dispirocyclic Thiopyrrolidineoxindoles through a Cascade Michael/Cyclization Process with Amino‐Thiocarbamate Catalysts

Abstract

Cascading catalysis: 3-Isothiocyanato oxindoles act as powerful and versatile precursors for a range of structurally diverse dispirocyclic thiopyrrolidineoxindoles containing two spiro-quaternary and three contiguous stereogenic centers in quantitative yields with excellent disatereo- and enantioselectivities by only using 1 mol % amino-thiocarbamate catalyst.