Fig. 1: Challenges of alkene difunctionalizations and halonitrooxylation of olefins.
From: Practical and regioselective halonitrooxylation of olefins to access β-halonitrates

a Challenges of alkene difunctionalizations. b Previous strategy: anti-Markovnikov hydronitrooxylation of α-olefins via photocatalysis c This work: regioselective halonitrooxylation of olefins. HAT hydrogen atom transfer, TMS trimethylsilyl.