1 Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Soochow University, 199 Renai Street, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China. jpzou@suda.edu.cn panxq@suda.edu.cn.
Mn(OAc)3-mediated tandem phosphonyl radical addition to β-nitrostyrenes followed by denitration to form (E)-2-alkenyl phosphonates in good yield is described.