• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.1767-1770
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• 2009

The Henry (nitroaldol) reaction proceeds under mild conditions with catalytic amount of tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) to afford $\beta$-nitro alkanol in considerably excellent yield. Structurally diverse aldehydes react with nitromethane in presence of 0.3 equiv of TMEDA under solvent-free condition at rt. The low catalytic loading and mild reaction condition are the key features of the catalytic method.