“…The Michael reaction [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ] is a very powerful means to accomplish this task, allowing access to various useful building blocks for organic synthesis [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. Decarboxylative Michael reactions, where Michael acceptors and donors are activated through the presence of the carboxylic acid moiety, have recently emerged as a very useful strategy to access new reactivities [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. In such a setup, carboxylate moiety serves a double purpose.…”