In this work, six novelaxiallyunfixed biaryl‐based water‐compatible bifunctionalorganocatalysts were designed and synthesized for the organocatalytic access to a variety of 3‐alkyl‐3‐hydroxy‐2‐oxindole derivatives via aldol reactions in water. Organocatalyzed by 5a, the direct aldol reactions of isatins with enolisable ketones underwent readily in water, furnishing the structurally diverse 3‐al
Enantioselectivealdolreactions of various isatins with ketones using newly designed amino amide organocatalysts were found to provide chiral 3-substituted 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles in good to excellent yields and with excellent stereoselectivities (up to 99 %, up to 98 % ee, syn/anti = 99:1); one catalyst, 3i, proved particularly successful. One of the resulting oxindoles, 3-hydroxy-3-(2-oxocyclohexyl)-2-indolinone