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Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of September 2017!

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Asymmetric S_N2′-type C–H functionalization of arenes with propargylic alcohols
Shangze Wu, Xin Huang, Chunling Fu and Shengming Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 2002-2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00588A

Comparative investigation of the reactivities between catalysts [Cp*RhCl₂]₂ and [Cp*IrCl₂]₂ in the oxidative annulation of isoquinolones with alkynes: a combined experimental and computational study
Chaoyue Zhao, Qingmei Ge, Baiquan Wang and Xiufang Xu
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00586E

Harnessing the potential diversity of resinic diterpenes through visible light-induced sensitized oxygenation coupled to Kornblum–DeLaMare and Hock reactions
Benjamin Laroche and Bastien Nay
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00633K

Tunable regiodivergent phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of alkynones and trifluoroacetyl phenylamides
Yao-Liang Sun, Yin Wei and Min Shi
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00512A

A redox-responsive supramolecular amphiphile fabricated by selenium-containing pillar[5]arene-based host–guest recognition
Yujuan Zhou, Kecheng Jie and Feihe Huang
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00736A

Rearranged limonoids with unique 6/5/6/5 tetracarbocyclic skeletons from Toona ciliata and biomimetic structure divergence
Jun Luo, Wan-Sha Huang, Sheng-Mou Hu, Pan-Pan Zhang, Xu-Wei Zhou, Xiao-Bing Wang, Ming-Hua Yang, Jian-Guang Luo, Chen Wang, Chang Liu, He-Quan Yao, Can Zhang, Hong-Bin Sun, Yi-Jun Chen and Ling-Yi Kong
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00678K

Gold-catalyzed diversified synthesis of 3-aminosugar analogues of digitoxin and digoxin
Jing Zeng, Guangfei Sun, Ruobin Wang, Shuxin Zhang, Shuang Teng, Zhiwen Liao, Lingkui Meng and Qian Wan
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00648A

Scandium-catalyzed C(sp³)–H alkylation of N,N-dimethyl anilines with alkenes
Hongjie Gao, Jianhong Su, Pengfei Xu and Xin Xu
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00718C

A copper(I)-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich reaction of glycine Schiff bases with isatin-derived ketimines: enantioselective synthesis of 3-substituted 3-aminooxindoles
Jing-Yan Zhu, Wu-Lin Yang, Yang-Zi Liu, Shao-Jing Shang and Wei-Ping Deng
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00691H

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of August 2017!

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Photoredox meets gold Lewis acid catalysis in the alkylative semipinacol rearrangement: a photocatalyst with a dark side
M. Zidan, T. McCallum, L. Thai-Savard and L. Barriault
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00590C, Research Article

Palladium catalyzed C(sp³)–H acetoxylation of aliphatic primary amines to γ-amino alcohol derivatives
Kang Chen, Ding Wang, Zhao-Wei Li, Zheng Liu, Fei Pan, Yun-Fei Zhang and Zhang-Jie Shi
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00432J, Research Article

Garciyunnanimines A–C, novel cytotoxic polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol imines from Garcinia yunnanensis
Dan Zheng, Hong Zhang, Chang-Wu Zheng, Yuan-Zhi Lao, Dan-Qing Xu, Lian-Bo Xiao and Hong-Xi Xu
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00485K, Research Article

Identifying a cobalt catalyst for highly selective hydrosilylation of allenes
Zheng Yang, Dongjie Peng, Xiaoyong Du, Zheng Huang and Shengming Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1829-1832
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00497D, Research Article

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of July 2017!

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Silver-mediated fluorination of alkyl iodides with TMSCF₃ as the fluorinating agent
Liyan Wang, Xiaohuan Jiang and Pingping Tang
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00450H

Efficient trifluoromethylation via the cyclopropanation of allenes and subsequent C–C bond cleavage
Yang Tang, Qiong Yu and Shengming Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00419B, Research Article

Iridium-catalyzed direct asymmetric reductive amination of aromatic ketones
Haizhou Huang, Zitong Wu, Guorui Gao, Le Zhou and Mingxin Chang
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00400A, Research Article

Merging photoredox catalysis with transition metal catalysis: site-selective C4 or C5-H phosphonation of 8-aminoquinoline amides
Huijie Qiao, Suyan Sun, Yue Zhang, Hongmei Zhu, Xiaomeng Yu, Fan Yang, Yusheng Wu, Zhongxian Li and Yangjie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00305F, Research Article

The asymmetric synthesis of multisubstituted diquinanes via the domino reaction of electron-deficient enynes
Qian Yao, Lili Lin, Hang Zhang, Han Yu, Qian Xiong, Xiaohua Liu and Xiaoming Feng
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00408G, Research Article

Concise asymmetric total synthesis of (−)-patchouli alcohol
Guang-Qiang Xu, Guo-Qiang Lin and Bing-Feng Sun
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00459A, Research Article

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of  May 2017!

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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, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00146K, Research Article

Synthesis and conformational structure of hydrazo-bridged homo calix[2]pyridine[2]triazines
Dong-Dong Liang and Mei-Xiang Wang
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00221A, Research Article

Synthesis of pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines through copper-catalyzed regioselective bicyclization of N-propargylic sulfonylhydrazones
Hai-Tao Tang, Jia-Hao Zeng, Jun-Jia Chen, Yun-Bing Zhou, Ren-Hao Li and Zhuang-Ping Zhan
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00249A, Research Article

The influence of branched alkyl side chains in A–D–A oligothiophenes on the photovoltaic performance and morphology of solution-processed bulk-heterojunction solar cells
Ibrahim Ata, Sadok Ben Dkhil, Martin Pfannmöller, Sara Bals, David Duché, Jean-Jacques Simon, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Olivier Margeat, Jörg Ackermann and Peter Bäuerle
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00222J, Research Article

Photoinduced difunctionalization of 2,3-dihydrofuran for the efficient synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans
Xingxing Zhu, Man-Yi Han, Pinhua Li and Lei Wang  –
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00242D, Research Article

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of  April 2017!

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Radical cyclization of benzene-tethered 1,7-enynes with aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates: a facile route to benzo[j]phenanthridines
Yuanyuan An, Jun Zhang, Hongguang Xia and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00193B, Research Article

Asymmetric synthesis of CF₃– and indole-containing tetrahydro-β-carbolines via chiral spirocyclic phosphoric acid-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction
En Xie, Abdul Rahman and Xufeng Lin
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00229G, Research Article

Squaramide-catalyzed domino Michael/aza-Henry [3 + 2] cycloaddition: asymmetric synthesis of functionalized 5-trifluoromethyl and 3-nitro substituted pyrrolidines
Qiang Liu, Kun Zhao, Ying Zhi, Gerhard Raabe and Dieter Enders
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00161D, Research Article

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of March 2017!

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Synthesis of 3-((arylsulfonyl)methyl)indolin-2-ones via insertion of sulfur dioxide using anilines as the aryl source
Tong Liu, Danqing Zheng and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00075H, Research Article

Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of cyclic iminium salts
Yue Ji, Guang-Shou Feng, Mu-Wang Chen, Lei Shi, Haifeng Du and Yong-Gui Zhou
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00060J, Research Article

Enantioselective synthesis of naturally occurring isoquinoline alkaloids: (S)-(−)-trolline and (R)-(+)-oleracein E
Weilong Lin and Shengming Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00062F, Research Article

Copper-catalyzed highly selective approach to 2-boroallylic silanes from allenylsilanes
Liu Song, Weiming Yuan and Shengming Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00135E, Research Article

Highly enantioselective nitro-Mannich reaction of ketimines under phase-transfer catalysis
Bin Wang, Tong Xu, Lei Zhu, Yu Lan, Jingdong Wang, Ning Lu, Zhonglin Wei, Yingjie Lin and Haifeng Duan
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00124J, Research Article