Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
Abstract:
Easy access: a strontium/Schiff base complex as catalyst for the title reaction provided straightforward access to enantiomerically enriched spiroimidazolidine-4,3'-oxindole] compounds, as well as a spiroimidazoline-4,3'-oxindole] through a two-step conversion from the Mannich adduct.