Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Dialkyl Zinc to Nitro-Olefins

Abstract
The copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of dialkylzinc onto various nitro-olefins has been carried out with excellent results. An enantiomeric excess of up to 94% was obtained using 0.5% Cu(OTf)2 and 1% of chiral trivalent phosphorus ligand.