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Qian Zhang joins OCF as Associate Editor

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to welcome Professor Qian Zhang (Northeast Normal University, China) as Associate Editor for the journal.

 

Biography

Qian Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. She obtained her BS and MS degrees from Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, and PhD degree from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Professor Lixiang Wang in the research field of organic light emitting materials. Then she spent half a year as a visiting scholar in the University of Sydney, Australia. She has been teaching and doing research at Northeast Normal University for more than 20 years. She received several awards including Thieme Chemistry Journals Award and Changchun Excellent Female Contributors Award in 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

Research Highlights

Her research focuses on the field of synthetic methodology mostly mediated by transition metals, aimed to address key unmet challenges in contemporary organic synthesis, with an emphasis on asymmetric catalysis. Current research topics include: 1) to develop novel synthetic methodologies focusing on the new strategy for C-N bond formation and the discovery of new amination reagents; 2) strain release promoted and inspired new reaction.

 

Check some of her publications at Royal Society of Chemistry:

Enantioselective and site-specific copper-catalyzed reductive allyl–allyl cross-coupling of allenes

Guoxing Xu, Bin Fu, Haiyan Zhao, Yanfei Li, Ge Zhang, Ying Wang, Tao Xiong and Qian Zhang

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 1802-1806

Pd-Catalyzed carboannulation of γ,δ-alkenyl oximes: efficient access to 5-membered cyclic nitrones and dihydroazines

Baozhen Sun, Shuang Liu, Mengru Zhang, Jinbo Zhao and Qian Zhang

Org. Chem. Front., 2019, 6, 388-392

Copper-catalyzed oxidative amidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones via selective C–H or C–C bond cleavage

Tony Wheellyam Pouambeka, Ge Zhang, Guang-Fan Zheng, Guo-Xing Xu, Qian Zhang, Tao Xiong and Qian Zhang

Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1420-1424

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Welcome to Issue 12 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

Welcome to issue 12 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Palladium/copper-catalyzed decarbonylative heteroarylation of amides via C–N bond activation  is contributed by  Chunpo Ge、 Changzheng Li、 Ping-Xin Zhou and co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Recent advances in photocatalytic C–S/P–S bond formation via the generation of sulfur centered radicals and functionalization by Xiaolin Fan、 Lvyin Zheng、Wei Guo and co-authors .

 

 

Follow review type articles are included in current issue:

Recent advances in photocatalytic C–S/P–S bond formation via the generation of sulfur centered radicals and functionalization

Wei Guo, Kailiang Tao, Wen Tan, Mingming Zhao, Lvyin Zheng and Xiaolin Fan

Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2048-2066

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8QO01353E

Supramolecular ligands for the extraction of lanthanide and actinide ions

Eric J. Werner and Shannon M. Biros

Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2067-2094

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00242A

On the cost of academic methodologies

Olivier Berger, Karen R. Winters, Axel Sabourin, Sergei V. Dzyuba and Jean-Luc Montchamp

Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2095-2108

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00200F

 

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Welcome to Issue 11 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

Welcome to issue 11 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

 

 The front cover story, Photocatalytic borylcyclopropanation of α-boryl styrenes is contributed by Takashi Ooi and co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Quantification of the hydrophobic effect using water-soluble super aryl-extended calix[4]pyrroles by Luis Escobar and Pablo Ballester.

 

 

 

 

 

Follow review type article is included in current issue:

Application of dialkyl azodicarboxylate frameworks featuring multi-functional properties
Muhammad Usman, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Di Wu, Zheng-Hui Guan and Wen-Bo Liu
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1905-1928
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00017H

 

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Welcome to Issue 10 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

Welcome to issue 10 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Functionalisable acyclic cucurbiturils is contributed by Stefan Kubik and co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Tunable enforced cavities inside self-assembled capsules  by Takeharu Haino and co-authors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Follow review type article is included in current issue:

Diffusion NMR for the characterization, in solution, of supramolecular systems based on calixarenes, resorcinarenes, and other macrocyclic arenes
Yoram Cohen and Sarit Slovak
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1705-1718
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00329K

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Welcome to Issue 9 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

Welcome to issue 9 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

Graphical abstract: Front coverThe front cover story, One-pot sequential synthesis of Graphical abstract: Inside front cover3-carbonyl-4-arylbenzo[f]indole and 3-carbonyl-4-arylnaphthofuran fluorophores is contributed by  J. Tummatorn and co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Chemoselective N-arylation of aminobenzene sulfonamides via copper catalysed Chan–Evans–Lam reactions bu Liang Xu, Xin Jia and co-authors.

 

 

 

Follow review type article is included in current issue:

Gold-catalyzed heterocyclic syntheses through α-imino gold carbene complexes as intermediates

Enrique Aguilar and Javier Santamaría
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1513-1540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00243J

 

Follow highlight type article is included in current issue:

19F-GEST NMR: studying dynamic interactions in host–guest systems
Liat Avram and Amnon Bar-Shir
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1503-1512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00311H

 

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Welcome to Issue 8 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

Welcome to issue 8 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

Journal cover: Front coverThe front cover story, Asymmetric synthesis of highlyJournal cover: Inside front cover functionalized furanones via direct Michael reactions mediated by a bulky primary amine, is contributed by  Huicai Huang and co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Spirocyclic cladosporicin A and cladosporiumins I and J from a Hydractinia-associated Cladosporium sphaerospermum SW67 by Christine Beemelmanns and co-authors.

 

 

 

 

Follow review type article is included in current issue:

Progress in the synthesis of perylene bisimide dyes
Agnieszka Nowak-Król and Frank Würthner
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1272-1318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QO01368C

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Neglected sulfur(VI) pharmacophores in drug discovery: exploration of novel chemical space by the interplay of drug design and method development
U. Lücking
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1319-1324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QO01233D

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Welcome to Issue 7 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

Welcome to issue 7 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, A concise approach for determining the relative configuration of H-7 and H-8 in 8,4′-oxyneolignans by 1H NMR spectroscopy, is contributed by  Pei-Cheng Zhang and co-authors.

The inside cover features a story on Guest-mediated chirality transfer in the host–guest complexes of an atropisomeric perylene bisimide cyclophane host by Frank Würthner and co-authors.

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Outstanding Reviewers for Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

 

Professor Xiaoming Feng, Sichuan University,https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4507-0478
Prof. Xuefeng Jiang, East China Normal University,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1849-6572
Dr Feng Shi, Jiangsu Normal University,https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3922-0708
Prof. Huanfeng Jiang, South China University of Technology,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-0294
Dr Junliang Zhang, Fudan University,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-2846
Dr Ying-Chun Chen, Sichuan University,https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1902-0979
Dr Michal Szostak Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-9690
Dr Takashi Koike, Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3737-7093
Dr Varma Saikam, Georgia State University,https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2500-9717
Dr Igor Alabugin Florida, Florida State University ,https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9289-3819

 

We would also like to thank the Organic Chemistry Frontiers board and the organic chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us (OrgChemFrontiersED@rsc.org) with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé.  You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

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Welcome to Issue 6 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

Welcome to issue 6 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now. 

 

Journal cover: Front coverThe front cover story, Selective carbonylation of benzene to Journal cover: Inside front coverbenzaldehyde using a phosphorus–nitrogen PN3P–rhodium(I) complex, is contributed by Huang Kuo-Wei and co-authors.

The inside cover features a story on Deciphering the exceptional selectivity of semipinacol rearrangements in cis-fused β-lactam diols using high-level quantum chemical methods by Abdulkader Baroudi and Amir Karton.

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Congratulations to the SupraChem 2019 Award Winners!

SupraChem 2019 was recently held at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg, Germany and organised by Florian Beuerle and Organic Chemistry Frontiers Associate Editor Frank WürthnerOrganic Chemistry Frontiers was proud to support and sponsor the meeting, alongside Chemical Science and Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

This free-to-attend meeting brought together supramolecular chemists from Germany and neighbouring countries and covered a range of topics from supramolecular machinery to materials and analytical techniques to host-guest chemistry and sensing. Keynote lectures were given by world-renowned supramolecular chemists Vivian W. W. Yang, J. Fraser Stoddart and, new Chemical Science Editor-in-Chief, Andrew I. Cooper. These speakers helped generate some great discussion alongside the additional 27 presentations and led to a very successful meeting.

Chemical Science Deputy Editor Jeremy Allen was in attendance to meet with the delegates and represent the Royal Society of Chemistry. He also helped present some poster prizes on behalf of Chemical Science and Organic Chemistry Frontiers:

  • Chemical Science poster prize winner: Jonas Matern (Universität Münster) for “Insights into the complex self-assembly pathways of a chiral, oligophenyleneethynylene (OPE) based Pd(II) complex”
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers poster prize winner: Julia Bartl (TU Kaiserslautern) for “A cyclopeptide-derived molecular cage for anion encapsulation”

Jeremy Allen presenting poster prizes to Jonas Matern (Left) and Julia Bartl (Right)

There were a further 5 poster prizes awarded from other journals and publishing houses, these went to:

  • Meike Sapotta (Universität Würzburg) for “A water-soluble perylene bisimide cyclophane as a molecular probe for the recognition of aromatic alkaloids”
  • Irene Regeni (TU Dortmund) for “Self-assembled [Pd2L4] coordination cages based on well-known organic dyes”
  • Oleksandr Shyshov (Universität Ulm) for “Supramolecular chemistry of all-cis hexafluorocyclohexane and its derivatives”
  • Hendrik V. Schröder (FU Berlin) for “Accordion-like motion in electrochemically switchable crown ether/ammonium oligorotaxanes”
  • Sebastian M. Kopp (Universität Würzburg) for “Toward singlet fission: chromophore multiplication in pentacene derivatives with adamantyl bridges”

(Left to right) Markus Albrecht, Jeremy Allen, Irene Regeni, Oleksandr Shyshov, Julia Bartl, Meike Sapotta, Jonas Matern, Diane Smith, Sebastian Kopp, Hendrik Schröder, Frank Würthner, Florian Beuerle

Congratulations to all the poster prize winners!

SupraChem 2019 delegates

The next SupraChem meeting will be held in 2021 in Mainz, Germany

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