molecular sieves as an additive. The reaction conditions were suitable to 4-alkyl and benzyl-substituted azlactones as well as N-(benzyl/alkyl/arylthio)succinimides, affording adducts with high enantioselectivities (81–94% ee).
An organocatalytic asymmetric sulfenylation of 3-aryloxindoles with N-(sulfanyl)succinimides has been developed by using commercially available (DHQD)2PHAL as catalyst. Various chiral 3-benzylthio-, alkylthio-, and arylthio-substituted oxindoles, containing 3,3-disubstituted quarternary carbon stereocenters, could be obtained in high enantioselectivities (85–97% ee). Furthermore, the opposite enantiomers