Fig. 2

Spirooxindole natural products and oxidative rearrangement of tetrahydro-β-carbolines. a Representative spirooxindole natural products. b Oxidative rearrangement of tetrahydro-β-carboline to spirooxindole. c Mechanism of t-BuOCl or NBS-mediated oxidative rearrangement of tetrahydro-β-carbolines. d Our mechanistic hypothesis of oxidative rearrangement of tetrahydro-β-carboline to spirooxindole