Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 3-hydroxyl-2-oxindoles via enantioselective Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of isatins

Enantioselective synthesis of spiro[indoline-3,4′-pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole] derivatives via an organocatalytic asymmetric Michael/cyclization cascade reaction

Pyrazolones have been firstly employed to react with isatylidene malononitriles, and chiral multicyclic spirooxindoles have been constructed with a low loading of commercially available catalysts.

Highly enantioselective direct allylic alkylation of butenolides with Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates catalyzed by chiral squaramide-phosphine

Asymmetric vinylogous allylic alkylation of β,γ-butenolides with Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates has been developed to construct γ,γ-disubstituted butenolides containing adjacent quaternary and tertiary chiral centers.

Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction of acrylamide with isatin derivatives

The Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of acrylamide, as an activated alkene, has seen little development due to its low reactivity. We have developed the reaction using isatin derivatives with acrylamide, DABCO as a promoter and phenol as an additive in acetonitrile. The corresponding aza version with acrylate and acrylonitrile has also been developed resulting in high product yields.

Aqueous Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction of unprotected isatins with cyclic enones

The readily available bicyclic imidazolyl alcohol 1 is a unique catalyst for the aqueous Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) reaction between unprotected isatins and cyclic enones that gives access to a variety of potentially very useful 3-substituted 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles in an operationally simple, efficient, and environmentally friendly way. The hydroxyl group of the catalyst is believed to stabilize the betaine intermediate formed in the first step of the MBH reaction.

Structural, vibrational, electronic, NMR, NLO and reactivity analyses of (3Z)-3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethylidene)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one (OPEDI) by ab initio HF and DFT calculations

This study represents the vibrational, electronic, NMR, NLO, reactivity and structural aspects of (3Z)-3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethylidene)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one (OPEDI). A detailed interpretation of the FT-IR, FT-Raman, UV and NMR spectra were reported. Theoretical calculations were performed by ab initio HF and density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP method using 6-311++G(d,p) basis sets. The most preferred Z isomer (cis-configuration) was confirmed through PES scan studies. The vibrational wavenumbers and potential energy distribution (PED) of various normal modes were calculated. The lower frontier orbital energy gap and high dipole moment of OPEDI illustrates the high reactivity. The stability and charge delocalization of the molecule was studied by natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. OPEDI exhibited good nonlinear optical activity and was 13 times greater than that of urea. Molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) was carried out for predicting the reactive sites. The NMR results indicated that the observed chemical shifts depend not only on the structure of the molecule being studied, but also on the solvent used.