A high efficient and environmentally friendly procedure for the production of aromatic and heteroaromatic β-nitroalcohols has been developed. This synthetic approach involves the condensation of an appropriate aldehyde with 1-nitroalkanes in aqueous media using as catalyst the inexpensive carrier protein Bovine serum albumin (BSA). According to the experimental data, the Henry reaction between aromatic aldehydes and nitroalkanes in ...
