Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

Welcome to issue 10 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2016 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now

The  front cover story, Iterative catalyst controlled diastereodivergent synthesis of polypropionates is contributed by D. Roke, M. Fañanás-Mastral and B. L. Feringa. The inside cover features a story on A new approach toward the synthesis of 2,4-bis(fluoroalkyl)-substituted quinoline derivatives using fluoroalkyl amino reagent chemistry by Frédéric R. Leroux and his co-authors.

Following review type articles  are also included in the current issue:

Facile synthesis of annulated heterocyclic benzo[kl]acridine derivatives via one-pot N–H/C–H coupling
Yulian Zagranyarski, Artem Skabeev, Yingjie Ma, Klaus Müllen and Chen Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1520-1523
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00371K

Multigram chromatography-free synthesis of octa(ethylene glycol) p-toluenesulfonate
Adam M. Wawro, Takahiro Muraoka, Maho Kato and Kazushi Kinbara
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1524-1534
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00398B

New strategies and applications using electrophilic cyanide-transfer reagents under transition metal-free conditions
Johannes Schörgenhumer and Mario Waser
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1535-1540
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00390G

Non-stabilized enolates – versatile nucleophiles in transition metal-catalysed allylic alkylations
Uli Kazmaier
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1541-1560
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00192K

Beyond Fischer and Schrock carbenes: non-heteroatom-stabilized group 6 metal carbene complexes – a general overview
Javier Santamaría and Enrique Aguilar
Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1561-1588
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00206D