ChemInform Abstract: Conjugated Nitroalkenes in Cycloaddition Reactions. Part 18. Regio- and Stereoselectivity of [2 + 3] Cycloaddition Reactions Between gem-Chloronitroethene and (Z)-C,N-Diarylnitrones.

The title reaction leads to a stereoisomeric mixture of 3,4-cis and 3,4-trans-2,3-diaryl-4-chloro-4-nitroisoxazolidines (III)/(IV) with predominance of the cis-isomer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]