support from Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20772097);Sichuan Provincial Science Foundation for Outstanding Youth(No.05ZQ026-008);Key Project of the Education Department of Sichuan Province(No.2006A081).
Highly efficient Michael addition reactions of malonates to nitroalkenes catalyzed by novel chiral thioureas derived from optically pure BINOL and amino acids are reported. Various trans-nitroalkenes reacted with malo...