Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

Welcome to issue 1 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Construction and heterogeneous photooxidization reactivity of a cyclodextrin/porphyrin polyrotaxane network, is contributed by Wei-Lei Zhou, Xuan Zhao, Yong Chen and Yu Liu. The inside cover features a story on Combining JBCA and Marfey’s methodology to determine the absolute configuration of threonines: the case of gunungamide A, a new cyclic depsipeptide containing chloropyrrole from the sponge Discodermia sp. by Guillermo Tarazona, Rogelio Fernández, Patricia G. Cruz, Marta Pérez, Jaime Rodríguez, Carlos Jiménez and Carmen Cuevas.

Welcome to Issue 24 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Halodifluoroacetates as formylation reagents for various amines via unprecedented quadruple cleavage by  Xingxing Ma, Shuilin Deng and Qiuling Song. The inside cover features a story on Reductive N-alkylation of primary and secondary amines using carboxylic acids and borazane under mild conditions by Yahui Wei, Qingqing Xuan, Yao Zhou and Qiuling Song.

Welcome to Issue 23 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Copper-catalyzed [3 + 2 + 1] annulation for functionalized pyridines as potent and dynamic UV absorbers by Shizuka Mei Bautista Maezono, Sung Hong Kim and Yong Rok Lee. The inside cover features a story on Using a traceless directing group for the silver-mediated synthesis of 3-trifluoromethylpyrazoles: a computational study on the mechanism and origins of regioselectivity by Feiyun Jia, Jiewei Luo and Bo Zhang.

Welcome to Issue 22 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The outside front cover story Mild dealkylative N-nitrosation of N,N–dialkylaniline derivatives for convenient preparation of photo-triggered and photo-calibrated NO donors by Shaobing Qiu, Chunlei Guo, Mingkang Wang, Zhenglong Sun, Hui Li, Xuhong Qian and Youjun Yang. The inside cover features a story on One-pot synthesis of 2-naphthols from nitrones and MBH adducts via decarboxylative N–O bond cleavage by Sang Hoon Han, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Heeyoung Lee, Saegun Kim, Dahye Kang, Young Hoon Jung, Hyung Sik Kim, Sungwoo Hong and In Su Kim.

Follow review type article is included in current issue:
Heteropore covalent organic frameworks: a new class of porous organic polymers with well-ordered hierarchical porosities
Rong-Ran Liang and Xin Zhao
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 3341-3356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QO00830B

Welcome to Issue 21 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The outside front cover story Aromaticity control via modifications of a macrocyclic frame: 5,6-dimethoxyphenanthriporphyrin and 5,6-dioxophenanthriporphyrin by Kamil Kupietz, Michał J. Białek, Agata Białońska, Bartosz Szyszko and Lechosław Latos-Grażyński.  The inside cover features a story on Asymmetric ring-opening reactions of azabenzonorbornadienes through transfer hydrogenation using secondary amines as hydrogen sources: tuning of absolute configuration by acids by Dongdong Pu, Yongyun Zhou, Fan Yang, Guoli Shen, Yang Gao, Weiqing Sun, Ruhima Khan and Baomin Fan.

Follow review type article is included in current issue:

Selective modification of natural nucleophilic residues in peptides and proteins using arylpalladium complexes
Wan-Min Cheng, Xi Lu, Jing Shi and Lei Liu
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 3186-3193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QO00765A

Welcome to Issue 20 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.  

The front cover story, Olefin metathesis reaction as a locking tool for macrocycle and mechanomolecule constructionby Deborah Quaglio, Giovanni Zappia, Elisa De Paolis, Silvia Balducci, Bruno Botta and Francesca Ghirga. The inside cover features a story on Triisopropylsilylethynyl-substituted indenofluorenes: carbonyl versus dicyanovinylene functionalization in one-dimensional molecular crystals and solution-processed n-channel OFETs by Resul Ozdemir, Sangyun Park, İbrahim Deneme, Yonghan Park, Yunus Zorlu, Husniye Ardic Alidagi, Kevser Harmandar, Choongik Kim and Hakan Usta.

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Welcome to Issue 19 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The  front cover story, Hybrid multicyclophanes based on thiacalix[4]arene and pillar[5]arene: synthesis and influence on the formation of polyaniline by Dmitriy N. Shurpik, Luidmila S. Yakimova, Vladimir V. Gorbachuk, Denis A. Sevastyanov, Pavel L. Padnya, Olga B. Bazanova, Il’dar Kh. Rizvanov and Ivan I. Stoikov.

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Supramolecular gelatons: towards the design of molecular gels
Minghua Liu, Guanghui Ouyang, Dian Niu and Yutao Sang
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2885-2900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QO00620B

Welcome to Issue 18 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.  

The front cover story, Rh-Catalyzed regioselective C–H activation and C–C bond formation: synthesis and photophysical studies of indazolo[2,3-a]quinolines by Sundaravel Vivek Kumar, Sundaram Ellairaja, Vanaparthi Satheesh, Vairathevar Sivasamy Vasantha and Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy. 

Follow review type article is included in current issue:

Multi-catalyst promoted asymmetric relay reactions
Qiu-Ju Liang, Yun-He Xu and Teck-Peng Loh
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2765-2768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QO00604K

Welcome to Issue 17 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.  

The front cover story, Convergent syntheses of 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans via a Catellani strategy by Chenggui Wu, Hong-Gang Cheng, Ruiming Chen, Han Chen, Ze-Shui Liu, Jingyang Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Yuxin Zhu, Zhi Geng and Qianghui Zhou. 

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Striving to exploit alkyl electrophiles: challenge and choice in transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of sulfones
Mengli Liu, Yannan Zheng, Guanyinsheng Qiu and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2615-2617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QO00632F