Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

Take best advantage of the free access to Organic Chemistry Frontiers, and read the hot articles for April!

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Vanadium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination reactions
Ji-Bao Xia, Yuyong Maa and Chuo Chen
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00057A，Research Article

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Singlet carbenes as mimics for transition metals: synthesis of an air stable organic mixed valence compound [M2(C2)+˙; M = cyclic(alkyl)(amino)carbene]
Liqun Jin, Mohand Melaimi, Liu Liua and Guy Bertrand
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00072B

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Trienamine catalysis with linear deconjugated 3,5-dienones
Peng-Qiao Chen, You-Cai Xiao, Cai-Zhen Yuea and Ying-Chun Chen
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00079J

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Take best advantage of the free access to Organic Chemistry Frontiers, and read the hot articles for March!

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Highly selective 4-alkynoic acids synthesis via iron-mediated complete inversion of stereogenic carbon centers
Xiaobing Zhang, Youai Qiu, Chunling Fu and Shengming Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00066D, Research Article

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Synthesis of β-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone from biorenewable itaconic acid
Ravikumar R. Gowda and Eugene Y.-X. Chen
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00089C, Research Article

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Sterically demanding aryl–alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura coupling
Chengxi Li, Guolan Xiao, Qing Zhao, Huimin Liu, Tao Wang and Wenjun Tang
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00024B, Research Article

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Palladium-catalysed regioselective hydroamination of 1,3-dienes: synthesis of allylic amines
Debasis Banerjee, Kathrin Junge and Matthias Beller
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00023D, Research Article

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A concise method to prepare novel fused heteroaromatic diones through double Friedel–Crafts acylation
Wangqiao Chen, Si Yu Tan, Yanli Zhao and Qichun Zhang
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00032C, Research Article

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Copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of 5-acetamidoimidazoles from carbodiimides, acyl chlorides and isocyanides
Giulia Sapuppo, Qian Wang, Dominique Swinnen and Jieping Zhu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00034J, Research Article

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The redox-A³ reaction
Daniel Seidel
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00022F, Highlight

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Sonogashira coupling in natural product synthesis
Dan Wang and Shuanhu Gao
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00086A, Review Article

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Take best advantage of the free access to Organic Chemistry Frontiers, and read the hot articles for January!  

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Chiral spiro iridium catalysts with SpiroPAP ligands: highly efficient for asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones and ketoesters
Xiao-Hui Yang, Jian-Hua Xie and Qi-Lin Zhou  
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00056G, Tutorial Account  

   

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Facile multi-decagram synthesis of methyl but-2-ynoate
Benjamin Darses, Iacovos N. Michaelides and Darren J. Dixon  
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00072A, Tutorial Account   

  

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Highly diasteroselective intermolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of carbonyl ylides with aldimines to afford sterically disfavored cis-oxazolidines
Xinfang Xu, Xin Guo, Xingchun Han, Liping Yang and Wenhao Hu  
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00040K, Research Article   

  

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Solvent-driven selective π-cation templating in dynamic assembly of interlocked molecules
Andrew B. Pun, Kevin J. Gagnon, Liana M. Klivansky, Simon J. Teat, Zhan-Ting Li and Yi Liu  
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00074E, Research Article  

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Take a look at the first two HOT articles just published with the new journal Organic Chemistry Frontiers!  

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Transition-metal-free, room-temperature radical azidofluorination of unactivated alkenes in aqueous solution   

Zhaodong Li, Chengwei Zhang, Lin Zhu, Chao Liu and Chaozhong Li  

Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00037K, Research Article     

 

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Palladium-catalyzed base-accelerated direct C–H bond alkenylation of phenols to synthesize coumarin derivatives  

Xi-Sha Zhang, Zhao-Wei Li and Zhang-Jie Shi  

Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00010A, Research Article