Nitroalkanes, mainly the primary ones, are the keys tarting materials for the synthesis of al arge variety of important targets.H owever, in spite of their strategic synthetic importance,e very single type of nitroalkane ande very single procedure are relegated to individual contributions.T hus,t his review represents the first exhaustive collectiono f procedures for their synthesisa nd,c onsequently,i t can be considereda savery important tool for a growing use of nitroalkanes as key synthetic building blocks. Scheme 18. b-Keto-w-nitrotrimethylsilanes 60. Scheme19. Preparation of 61 b-nitrocycloalkanols. Scheme20. Synthesis of ketonitroalkanes 62. Scheme 34. Conversion of b-nitrostyrenes into a-nitro acetophenones. Scheme 35. Conversion of olefins into a-nitro ketones. Scheme36. Synthesis of b-nitro carbonyl compounds. Scheme37. Protection of 3-nitropropanal.