b-Nitroacrylatesa re an important subclass of nitroolefins in which an ester and an itro group are simultaneously linked, in a-a nd b-positions,t oa doubleb ond. This peculiarity makes these nitro derivatives highly reactivew ith ap lethorao fn ucleophiles,v ery often under extremely mild reaction conditions, andt hust hey can serve as excellent building blocks towards highly functionalized materials. Basedo nt he growing applicationo fb-nitroacrylates in organic synthesis,w ec onsidered it to be useful to highlight in this review the most important results obtained over the last ten years.