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Me-DuPHOS monoxide is shown to
be a very effective ligand in the enantioselective copper-catalyzed addition of dialkylzinc reagents to
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beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-nitroalkenes providing access to chiral nitroalkanes. The major advantages of this process are high yields,
broad and complementarysu
bstrate scope, and high enantioselectivities. The effect of achiral dummy ligands as an additive has also
been documented.