Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Nitroalkenes Using Olefin-Sulfoxide Ligands

An efficient rhodium/olefin-sulfoxide catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of organoboronic acids to a variety of nitroalkenes has been developed, where 2-methoxy-1-naphthyl sulfinyl functionalized olefin ligands have shown to be highly effective and are applicable to a broad scope of aryl, alkyl, and heteroaryl nitroalkenes.