Nitroalkenes are useful intermediates for various chemical functionalities.
* A nitroalkene behaving as a Michael acceptor in the synthesis of Lycoricidine:
* Nitroalkene acting as an activated dienophile toward butadiene in a Diels-Alder cycloaddition:
* The synthesis of pyrrole derivatives via the Barton–Zard reaction:
* Pericyclic reaction of a nitroalkene yielding an indole:
* Partial hydrogenation to an alkene baring a hydroxylamine functional group:
* Reduction to primary amines:
* Asymmetric Stetter reaction: