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Welcome to issue 6 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2017 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The  front cover story，Copper-catalyzed direct borylation of alkyl, alkenyl and aryl halides with B(dan)  is contributed  by

Chemoselective acyl C–O bond activation in esters for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling
Manoj Mondal, Tahshina Begum and Utpal Bora
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1430-1434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00068E

Recent advances in positional-selective alkenylations: removable guidance for twofold C–H activation
Wenbo Ma, Parthasarathy Gandeepan, Jie Li and Lutz Ackermann
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1435-1467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00134G

We are delighted to announce that the latest Impact Factor of Organic Chemistry Frontiers has risen to 4.955 this year, according to the Journal Citation Reports® recently released by Clarivate Analytics.

This impressive number has placed Organic Chemistry Frontiers (OCF) in TOP 5 general organic journals publishing primary research from the ‘Chemistry, Organic’ category of Web of Science.

We would like to thank all our authors, referees, Associate Editors, and Editorial and Advisory Board members for contributing to the journal’s continued impact and success – this achievement would not have been possible without your support and trust.

In 2014, OCF was launched as a unique joint venture between the Chinese Chemical Society, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Since then, it has grown and developed into one high quality journal that publishes the world’s leading edge research in organic chemistry.  At OCF, we provide our authors with rigorous peer-review, rapid publication, excellent production services, and most importantly, the unparalleled opportunities for world-wide visibility and international collaboration.

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TOP Cited OCF articles (2015-2016)

Research Articles

Nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling of alkyl halides with other electrophiles: Concept and mechanistic considerations
Gu J., Wang X., Xue W., Gong H.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 10, 1411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5qo00224a

Radical 5-exo cyclization of alkynoates with 2-oxoacetic acids for synthesis of 3-acylcoumarins
Liu T., Ding Q., Zong Q., Qiu G.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 6, 670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5qo00029g

Primary alkyl bis-catecholato silicates in dual photoredox/nickel catalysis: Aryl- and heteroaryl-alkyl cross coupling reactions
Lévêque C., Chenneberg L., Corcé V., Goddard J.-P., Ollivier C., Fensterbank L.
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 4, 462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6qo00014b

Pd(II)-catalyzed asymmetric addition of arylboronic acids to cyclic N-sulfonyl ketimine esters and a DFT study of its mechanism
Quan M., Yang G., Xie F., Gridnev I.D., Zhang W.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 4, 398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4qo00347k

Cleavage of the C-C triple bond of ketoalkynes: Synthesis of 4(3H)-quinazolinones
Yang X., Cheng G., Shen J., Kuai C., Cui X.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 4, 366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4qo00260a

Critical Reviews

Transition metal-catalyzed C-H bond functionalizations by the use of diverse directing groups
Chen Z., Wang B., Zhang J., Yu W., Liu Z., Zhang Y.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 9, 1107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5qo00004a

Transition metal-catalyzed direct remote C-H functionalization of alkyl groups via C(sp³)-H bond activation
Qiu G., Wu J.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4qo00207e

Catalytic enantioselective organic transformations via visible light photocatalysis
Wang C., Lu Z.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4qo00306c

The Mitsunobu reaction in the 21^st century
Fletcher S.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 6, 739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5qo00016e

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of polysubstituted spirocyclopropyl oxindoles: Organocatalysis versus transition metal catalysis
Cao Z.-Y., Zhou J.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 7, 849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5qo00092k

Tutorial Accounts

Cu- or Fe-catalyzed C-H/C-C bond nitrogenation reactions for the direct synthesis of N-containing compounds
Liang Y., Liang Y.-F., Jiao N.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 4, 403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4qo00350k

Catalytic dehydrogenative aromatization: An alternative route to functionalized arenes
Girard S.A., Huang H., Zhou F., Deng G.-J., Li C.-J.
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 3, 279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4qo00358f

Highlights

A remarkable solvent effect of fluorinated alcohols on transition metal catalysed C-H functionalizations
Wencel-Delord J., Colobert F.
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5qo00398a

Recent advances in transition metal-catalysed hydroacylation of alkenes and alkynes
Ghosh A., Johnson K.F., Vickerman K.L., Walker J.A., Stanley L.M.
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 5, 639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6qo00023a

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Welcome to issue 6 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2017 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The  front cover story， Synthesis of fully-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles via copper(I)-catalyzed three-component coupling of sulfoximines, alkynes and azides  is contributed  by Jian Xu and Qiuling Song. The inside cover features a story on Thiolate–palladium(IV) or sulfonium–palladate(0)? A theoretical study on the mechanism of palladium-catalyzed C–S bond formation reactions by Ruopeng Bai and his co-authors.

Follow review article is also included in current issue:

Cyclopropenes: a new tool for the study of biological systems
João M. J. M. Ravasco, Carlos M. Monteiro and Alexandre F. Trindade  
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1167-1198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00054E