We are delighted to share with you a joint themed collection in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Frontiers celebrating the 65th birthdays of Jay Siegel and Kim Baldridge!
This themed collection, guest edited by Henning Jessen (University of Freiburg), Mihaiela Stuparu (Nanyang Technological University) and Eli Zysman-Colman (University of St. Andrews) highlights research reflecting the interests of Kim and Jay, known for their pioneering contributions to molecular design, quantum chemical methodologies, dynamic stereochemistry, non-planar polyarenes, materials science and supramolecular chemistry. Please read the articles in the collection below and check back for future additions.
Editorial
| Celebrating Jay Siegel’s and Kim Baldridge’s 65th birthdays
Henning J. Jessen*, Mihaiela C. Stuparu* & Eli Zysman-Colman* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, 24, 6708-6709 |
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Research Articles
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Design and synthesis of thiophene-based C2-symmetric chiral phosphoric acids on a decahydroquinoxaline scaffold for stereoselective transformations (Open Access)
Margherita Gazzotti, Vincenzo Mirco Abbinante, Fabrizio Medici, Sara Ghirardi, Sergio Rossi*, Tiziana Benincori, Roberto Cirilli & Maurizio Benaglia* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, 24, 3490-3495 |
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Pentaphosphorylated magic spot nucleotides: chemoenzymatic synthesis and disassembly-based sensing (Open Access) Patrick Moser, Subhra Kanti Roy, Marvin Herzog, Felix Bauer, Felix Wollensack, Bernhard Breit & Henning J. Jessen* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, 24, 3918-3925 |
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Linker dependence of 1O2 generation by G4-binding tetra-imidazolium porphyrins (Open Access)
Çetin Çelik, Naoko Kakusho, Tianyu Xu, Sung Sik Lee, Naoko Yoshizawa-Sugata*, Hisao Masai* & Yoko Yamakoshi* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, 24, 5028-5036 |
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Chanoknun Boonyaratsewee, Kitiya Rujimongkon, Wannarasmi Ketchart*, Somsak Pianwanit* & Yongsak Sritana-anant* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, 24, 5726-5736 |
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Injectable gelatin–PEG hydrogels obtained via cytochrome C-mediated polymerization (Open Access)
Andrea Fumaneri, Edoardo Sisti, Alessandro Ajò, H. Samet Varol, Viola Bertolotti, Luigi Menduti* & Luisa De Cola* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, 24, 6185-6191 |
| Structural controls on catenane co-conformational dynamics: the interplay of ring size, rigidity, and curvature
Yuejia Zhu, Yihe Wang & Ho Yu Au-Yeung* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2026, 24, 6774-6780 |
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BisBF2 pyridoins: a new platform for the design of efficient two-photon absorbers
Patryk Rybczyński, Manuela Grelich-Mucha, Elizaveta F. Petrusevich, Damian Plażuk, Liliana Dobrzańska, Borys Ośmiałowski* & Joanna Olesiak-Bańska* Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 389-394 |
| mer-Ir(pmp)3 as a strongly photoreducing and stable Ir(C^C)3 photocatalyst for metallaphotoredox catalysis
Máire Griffin & Eli Zysman-Colman* Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 2707-2718 |
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A polyaromatic dumbbell-based micelle capable of binding large dyes under organic solvent-rich conditions (Open Access)
Lorenzo Catti*, Aguri Sugawara, Kazuki Toyama & Michito Yoshizawa* Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 3030-3035 |
| Double encapsulation of C60, [6]CPP and Li+@C60 inside a peropyrene-linked, CPP-based double nanohoop (Open Access)
Lei Ye, Yong Yang, Michal Juríček* & Thomas Drewello* Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 3281-3287 |
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A chiral multibrominated triangular macrocycle for modulating circularly polarized phosphorescence
Yuluo Huang, Jianqiu Li, Ming-Ze Meng, Tuo-Yu Zhou, Xiao-Nian Xue, Huang Wu*, Shanshan Cheng* & Yu Wang* Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 3923-3933 |
| Intramolecular through-space heavy-atom effect in multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters with [2.2]paracyclophane
Yan Xu, Hassan Hafeez, Wenrui Wang, Ifor D. W. Samuel* & Eli Zysman-Colman* Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 3934-3943 |
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Deep supercooling, crystallisation & dynamically tunable disorder in the simplest geodesic polyarene (Open Access)
Valerio Di Lisio, Mattia Gaboardi, Jay Siegel, Daniele Cangialosi & Felix Fernandez-Alonso* Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 5612-5621 |
| Solid-state polymerization of thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine derivatives
Vasin Thummasorn, Prapassorn Ongjaroon, Atthapon Saenubol, Taweesak Sudyoadsuk, Vinich Promarak* & Yongsak Sritana-anant* Org. Chem. Front., Advance Article |
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