Highly efficient nitroaldol reaction promoted by trialkylsilyl chlorides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)79729-2

β-Nitroalcohols can be readily obtained in high yields by the one-pot reaction of aldehydes with nitrocompounds in the presence of Et₃N, Bu₄NF·H₂O and (t)BuMe₂SiCl. Model experiments indicated that trialkylsilyl