An organocatalytic enantioselective aldol reaction using paraformaldehyde as C1-unit has been developed for the synthesis of 2-oxindoles sharing vicinal all-carbon quaternary stereocenters. The methodology is eventually employed in the formal total synthesis of (+)-folicanthine (1b).

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