Welcome to issue 5 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2016! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.
The front cover stories, Tetramethoxy-bay-substituted perylene bisimides by copper-mediated cross-coupling and Modulation of band gap and p- versus n-semiconductor character of ADA dyes by core and acceptor group variation are contributed by Frank Würthner and his co-authors. The inside cover features a story on C(sp3)–H bond functionalization by sequential hydride transfer/cyclization: electronic effect and steric effect controlled regioselectivity by Liang Wang and Jian Xiao.
Following highlight is also included in the current issue:
Recent advances in transition metal-catalysed hydroacylation of alkenes and alkynes
Avipsa Ghosh, Kirsten F. Johnson, Kevin L. Vickerman, James A. Walker and Levi M. Stanley
Org. Chem. Front., 2016,3 , 639-644
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00023A