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fashion. Several β‐dicarbonyl substrates 162 bearing different alkyl chains and both electron‐withdrawing and electron‐donating groups on the aryl ring of the methyleneindolinone 1 and the nitrosoarene 163 are well tolerated (31–94% yields, >20 : 1 dr and 95–99% ee). Also, various electron‐withdrawing groups (R4) at the methylene position afforded the desired products with high stereocontrol. Control experiments pointed out the importance of the Boc group as a hydrogen‐bond acceptor for activating the methyleneindolinones. The proposed mechanism is depicted in Scheme 3.15; enolization of acetylacetone promoted by the tertiary amine group of the bifunctional catalyst is followed by N‐selective addition to nitrosobenzene under basic conditions. The resulting ketimine is deprotonated and the methyleneindolinone is activated by the same catalyst to promote the intermolecular Michael addition. The final irreversible Mannich‐type cyclization proceeds smoothly to afford the enantioenriched spiranic products 160.

Schematic illustration of a chemical reaction depicting bifunctional squaramide-catalyzed synthesis of enantioenriched spirocyclic oxindoles via ketimine intermediates with multiple active sites.

      Source: Modified from Sun et al. [27].

Schematic illustration of a chemical reaction depicting chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between methyleneindolinones and azlactones.

      Source: Modified from Zhang et al. [28].

      3.3.2 Organocatalytic [4+2] Cycloaddition Strategies to Construct Spiro Compounds

Schematic illustration of a chemical reaction depicting stereoselective synthesis of spiroindene via trienamine catalysis with benzofulvenes.

      Source: Modified from Donslund et al. [29].

Schematic illustration of a chemical reaction depicting organocatalytic [4+2] addition reactions via tetraenamine intermediate.

      Source: Modified from Stiller et al. [30].

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