The utility of nitroalkenes in organic synthesis is largely due to their easy conversion into a variety of functionalities. 1 Alternatively they are powerful dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions or readily undergo addition reactions with many different nucleophiles. The classical preparation of nitroalkenes involves the Henry condensation reaction of aldehyde or ketone with a nitroalkane followed by dehydratation of the resultant &nitro alcoholll (eq ...
