“…This kind of compounds have become important synthetic targets as these structural frameworks form the core units of many natural products and pharmaceutically active compounds [1]. Convolutamydines [2], arundaphine [3], donaxaridine [4], dioxibrassinine [5], maremycins [6], paratunamide [7], celogentin K [8], TMC-95A-D [9], flustraminol [10], 3-hydroxy welwitindolinones [11] and CPC-1 [12] are some examples of a growing list of bioactive 3-substituted-3-hydroxy-2-oxindole natural products (Figure 1).…”