title: In situ enamine activation in aqueous salt solutions: highly efficient asymmetric organocatalytic Diels-Alder reaction of cyclohexenones with nitroolefins.
abstract: Deep-sea Diels-Alder: The asymmetric organocatalytic Diels-Alder reaction of cyclohexenones with aromatic nitroolefins can be carried out in seawater and brine. The reaction proceeds by an in situ enamine activation involving a one-step concerted addition pathway (see scheme).
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Dan-Qian
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ai-Bao
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Shu-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhen-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Xu