Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

Welcome to the second issue of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2016! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Cu-catalyzed hydrofluoroacetylation of alkynes or alkynyl carboxylic acids leading highly stereoselectively to fluoroacetylated alkenes is contributed by Miaolin Ke, Qiang Feng, Kai Yang and Qiuling Song.

Following highlight  is also included in the current issue:

Non-covalent organocatalysis in asymmetric oxidative C(sp³)–H bond functionalization – broadening C–H bond coupling reactions
Sebastian Stockerl and Olga García Mancheño
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 277-280
DOI: 10.1039/C5QO00347D