respectively June 18th, 1997 y-Nitro ketones [l] derived from vinyl ketones 1 and nitromethane have been previously studied as synthetic intermediates by several authors. Walker [2] isolated 5-aryl-4-nitrocyclohexanones in the reaction of y-nitro ketones with various alkyl carboxylates. Mack [3] investigated the addition of N-nucleophiles to y-nitro ketones. Reichert and Posemann [4] tried to react some aromatic aldehydes with several y ...