The Effect of Nuclear Substituents on the Ionic Reactions of Substituted Styrenes. I. The Reaction of Active Methylene Compounds with o-, m- and p-Nitrostyrene1,2
developed for reactions of malonates with styrene derivatives. The concept of this process lies in the photo-oxidation of catalytic amounts of the enolate to form reactive radicals that react with alkene double bonds under mild reaction conditions. This is an example of visible-light-activated C–C bond formation reactions of malonates with alkenes to realize high atom economy under very mild reaction conditions