A range of 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles accessed using para-quinone methides derived from isatins with thiols were used for the formation of unsymmetrical disulfides, and 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles with a chiral quaternary carbon center and unsymmetric disulfides could also be directly obtained with high selectivities catalyzed by chiral phosphines in one step.
Bifunctional catalyst: Simple bifunctional N‐Acyl aminophosphines such as 1 were developed to catalyze the first asymmetric [3+2] cycloaddition between allenoates and dual activated olefins. The cycloaddition reactions afford multifunctional chiral cyclopentenes with exclusive regioselectivity, and good to excellent enantioselectivity and yields.