Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Target-oriented design and biosynthesis of thiostrepton-derived thiopeptide antibiotics with improved pharmaceutical properties is contributed by Wen Liu and his co-authors.

The inside front cover this month features an article on Asymmetric synthesis of poly-substituted spirocyclohexane oxindole via a squaramide catalyzed cascade Michael–Michael–aldol sequence by Xing-Wen Sun and his co-authors.

Following review articles are also included in the current issue:

Transition metal-catalyzed direct remote C–H functionalization of alkyl groups via C(sp3)–H bond activation
Guanyinsheng Qiu and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 169-178
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00207E

Catalytic enantioselective organic transformations via visible light photocatalysis
Chengfeng Wang and Zhan Lu
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 179-190
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00306C

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