β-Nitroacrylates and silyl enol ethers as key starting materials for the synthesis of polyfunctionalized β-nitro esters and 1,2-oxazine-2-oxides

The reaction of silyl enol ethers with β-nitroacrylates, in the presence of tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride as catalyst, allows the formation of polyfunctionalized β-nitro esters, or hexahydro-4H-benzoxazine-2-oxides, depending on the nature of the starting silyl enol ethers.

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