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Michael reaction
The
Michael reaction
or
Michael addition
is the
nucleophilic addition
of a
carbanion
or another
nucleophile
to an
a,ß-unsaturated carbonyl compound
. It belongs to the larger class of
conjugate additions
. This is one of the most useful methods for the mild formation of C–C bonds. Many asymmetric variants exist.
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