Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

Welcome to issue 6 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2016! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Tartrate-derived iminophosphorane catalyzed asymmetric hydroxymethylation of 3-substituted oxindoles with paraformaldehyde is contributed by Xing Gao, Jianwei Han and Limin Wang. The inside cover features a story on Conformations of large macrocycles and ring-in-ring complexes by
Jay S. Siegel and his co-authors.

Following highlight is also included in the current issue:

Annulation based on 8-aminoquinoline assisted C–H activation: an emerging tool in N-heterocycle construction
Jie-Ping Wan, Yi Li and Yunyun Liu
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 768-772
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00077K