An enantioselective intermolecular Rauhut-Currier (RC) reaction of nitroalkenes with ethyl allenoate has been established with quinidine-derived β-isocupreidine. The present RC reaction afforded α-functionalized allenoates 3 in up to 94% yield with 59% enantiomeric excess (ee).
Keywords: Rauhut–Currier reaction; chiral organocatalysis; nitroalkene; α-functionalized allenoate.