Nitromethane reacts with phenylacetylene in the KOH(-BuOK)/DMSO superbase media to form - and -isomers of 4-benzyl-3-styryl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole-2-oxide, 2-benzyl-3-hydroxypropanonitrile and 1-benzyl-2-nitrocyclopropane.
N.A. Lobanova (Wed,) studied this question.