“…In the past years, organocatalysis, pioneered by Enders, List, Jørgensen, and MacMillan, has undoubtedly become one of the most efficient and reliable methods in modern organic synthesis . Catalyzed by chiral secondary amines and numerous variants, a variety of organocatalysis reactions could simultaneously form multiple bonds through a cascade sequence, exemplified with the construction of a six-membered carbo- and heterocycle skeleton using the organocatalytic Diels–Alder reaction (Figure a). Organocatalytic reactions are usually based on either a LUMO-lowering or HOMO-activation strategy, with the former using chiral Lewis acids to activate electron-deficient dienophiles and the latter using chiral aminocatalysts (enamine, dienamine, and trienamine) to activate alkyl and vinyl aldehydes and ketones .…”