Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

To celebrate the Year of the Snake, we are delighted to highlight some of the most popular articles published in Organic Chemistry Frontiers by corresponding authors based in countries celebrating the Chinese New Year.

We hope you enjoy reading these articles and wish you a happy and prosperous year of the Snake.

	Advances in organocatalytic asymmetric [3 + 3] cycloadditions: synthesis of chiral six-membered (hetero)cyclic compounds Zi-Qi Zhu, Tian-Zhen Li, Si-Jia Liu and Feng Shi Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 5573-5604 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO00515E
	Visible-light induced direct C(sp3)–H functionalization: recent advances and future prospects Jia-Lin Tu, Yining Zhu, Pengcheng Li and Binbin HuangOrg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 5278-5305 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO01179A
	Advances in photoinduced radical–polar crossover cyclization (RPCC) of bifunctional alkenes Meng Liu, Xinke Ouyang, Chenglong Xuan and Chao Shu Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 895-915 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QO01929B
	Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed fluorination and fluoroalkylation Zefeng Jin, Fangfang Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Nengzhong Wang, Xin Lv and Liejin Zhou Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 2112-2133 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QO02098C
	Transition-metal-, oxidant- and additive-free multi-component synthesis of alkyl heteroaryl BCPs enabled by visible-light-induced phosphine-catalyzed halogen-atom transfer Jun Xu, Yu Hong, Ruiyuan Xu, Yuxin Wang, Yirui Guo, Jiabin Shen, Yuxuan Zhao and Wanmei Li Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 6166-6176 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO01351D
	Photoinduced difunctionalizations of unactivated olefins enabled by ligand-to-iron charge transfer and functional group migration strategies Mengqi Luo, Shibo Zhu, Jiawen Yin, Chao Yang, Lin Guo and Wujiong Xia Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4748-4756 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO01025F
	Dearomative difunctionalization of arenes via highly selective radical relay reactions Ning Lei, Qian Zhang, Pan Tao, Cong Lu, Qian Lei and Ke Zheng Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4654-4662 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO00964A
	Pd((R)-DTBM-SEGphos)Cl2-catalyzed kinetic resolution of tertiary propargylic alcohols Jie Wang, Wei-Feng Zheng, Yuling Li, Yin-Long Guo, Hui Qian and Shengming Ma Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 2477-2484 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO00082J
	Access to spiro-bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via BF3·Et2O-catalyzed formal [2π + 2σ] cycloaddition of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes with benzofuran-derived oxa(aza)dienes Jia-Yi Su, Jian Zhang, Zhi-Yun Xin, Hao Li, Hanliang Zheng and Wei-Ping Deng Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4539-4545 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO00511B
	Design of rigid chiral bipyridine-2NO tetradentate ligands: application in asymmetric catalysis Yu-Heng Wang, Pan Hu, Xi-Rui Wang, Ke-Lan Xu, Qi-Lin Wang, Hui-Juan Wang and Xiong-Li Liu Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1314-1321 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QO01748F

We are proud to announce the three best covers of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2024! The awarded works were chosen by our readers through a worldwide vote. To learn more about the science behind the winning pieces, read for free the cover stories up until 03 February 2025.

	Photoredox catalyzed release of carbon-based radicals from 2-substituted-1,3-imidazolidines Adrián Luguera Ruiz, Elena Mariani, Stefano Protti and Maurizio Fagnoni Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 661-667 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QO01856C
	Photoredox/nickel dual-catalyzed deaminative cross-electrophile for allenylic alkylation with non-activated alkyl katritzky salts Zhao-Zhao Zhou, Xiao-Feng Zhai, Ke-Jian Xia, Xian-Rong Song, Haixin Ding, Wan-Fa Tian, Shu-Liang Zhang, Yong-Min Liang and Qiang Xiao Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 5685-5694 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO00834K
	Catalytic intermolecular hydrofunctionalizations of ynamides Ying-Ying Zhao, Yu-Jing Jia and Yan-Cheng HuOrg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 2351-2374 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QO00301B

Congratulations to the winners!

We would like to express our sincere appreciation for all the support and contribution from our authors, reviewers, and readers during 2024.

Looking forward to receiving your high-quality work in 2025.

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay from Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), Lucknow, India as an Associate Editor. In his new role, Professor Chattopadhyay will contribute to the journal’s development through manuscripts management, strategic setting and more. Please join us in welcoming him!

Learn more about our new Associate Editor:

Buddhadeb obtained his B.Sc. (2001) in chemistry from the Burdwan University and M.Sc. (2003) in chemistry from Visva-Bharati University. In 2003, he left Visva-Bharati and enrolled in Kalyani University for his Ph.D. in the laboratories of Professor K. C. Majumdar. After postdoctoral research work around six years in the USA from 2009 to 2024 (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA and Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA), Buddhadeb started his independent research career at the Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), Lucknow, India, where he is currently holding the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Biological & Synthetic Chemistry.

Buddhadeb was the recipient of the Ramanujan Faculty award, DST Young Scientist Award, Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, SERB-STAR AWARD–2019 (Science and Technology Award for Research), SERB-TETRA AWARD–2022 (Technology Translation Award), Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (FNASc), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

His research interest includes the catalyst/ligand engineering for the C–H bond activation/functionalization, especially C–H bond borylations of organic molecules and metal-nitrene/carbene chemistry via metalloradical catalysis. To find more about Buddhadeb and his research work, visit The Chattopadhyay Group.

Read some of our new AE’s research in the papers below:

	C–H borylation: a tool for molecular diversification Saikat Guria, Mirja Md Mahamudul Hassan and Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay* Org. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 929-953 10.1039/D3QO01931D
	An iron(ǁ)-based metalloradical system for intramolecular amination of C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H bonds: synthetic applications and mechanistic studies   Sandip Kumar Das, Subrata Das, Supratim Ghosh, Satyajit Roy, Monika Pareek, Brindaban Roy, Raghavan B. Sunoj* and Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay* Chem. Sci., 2022,13, 11817-11828 10.1039/D2SC03505G