ABSTRACT
Conjugate addition of carbon-centered nucleophiles derived from iminoesters, cyclic esters (lactones), such as furanones, oxazolones and isoxazolones, as well as cyclic amides (lactams), such as oxindoles, pyrazolones and pyrrolidones, to nitroalkenes in the presence of various chiral metal-ligand and organocatalysts is covered in this chapter. While most of the organocatalysts employed in these reactions are bifunctional Brønsted base-Brønsted acid catalysts, Lewis acids are primarily metal-ligand complexes.
