title: Investigation of DNA as a catalyst for Henry reaction in water.
abstract: Double-stranded DNA of natural origin can be used to facilitate nitro-aldol (or Henry) reaction in aqueous solution.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, Joint-Lab of Green Synthetic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jinmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Gaojun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Changfeng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yingfu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D009574:Nitro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009595:Nitroparaffins / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D001547:Benzaldehydes; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D009595:Nitroparaffins; D012996:Solutions; C029915:4-nitrobenzaldehyde; C116609:3-hydroxybutanal; D004247:DNA; D008697:Methane; C008640:nitromethane