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Outstanding Reviewers for Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2017

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2017, 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.

Dr Lutz Ackermann, University of Gottingen, ORCID: 0000-0001-7034-8772

Dr Pier Giorgio Cozzi, University of Bologna, ORCID: 0000-0002-2677-101X

Dr Shuanhu Gao, East China Normal University, ORCID: 0000-0001-6919-4577

Dr Xuefeng Jiang, East China Normal University, ORCID: 0000-0002-1849-6572

Dr, Shigeki Matsunaga, University of Tokyo

Dr Agnieszka Nowak-Krol, University of Würzburg, ORCID: 0000-0003-0454-2491

Dr Feng Shi, Jiangsu Normal University, ORCID:0000-0003-3922-0708

Professor Min Shi, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ORCID:0000-0003-0016-5211

Professor Xiao-Feng Wu, Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V. an der Universität Rostock (LIKAT), ORCID:0000-0001-6622-3328

Dr Jian Zhou, East China Normal University

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 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 2018

Welcome to issue 6 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2018 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now. 

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Follow review type article is included in current issue:

Recent advances in the intramolecular Mannich reaction in natural products total synthesis
Yingbo Shi, Qiaoling Wang and Shuanhu Gao
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1049-1066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO01079F

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Welcome to Issue 5 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018

Welcome to issue 5 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2018 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Synthesis of pyridine trans-tetrafluoro-λ6-sulfane derivatives via radical addition by Prajwalita Das, Masahiro Takada, Etsuko Tokunaga, Norimichi Saito and Norio Shibata.

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Cycloaddition/annulation strategies for the construction of multisubstituted pyrrolidines and their applications in natural product synthesis
Jundong Li, Yilin Ye and Yandong Zhang
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 864-892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO01077J

 

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Welcome to Issue 4 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018

Welcome to issue 4 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2018 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

Graphical abstract: Front coverThe front cover story,  Ball-milling and cheap reagents breathe green life into the one hundred-year-old Hofmann reaction, by Rita Mocci, Sergio Murgia, Lidia De Luca, Evelina Colacino, Francesco Delogu and Andrea Porcheddu.

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Anion-coordination-directed self-assemblies
Dong Yang, Jie Zhao, Xiao-Juan Yang and Biao Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 662-690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00895C

Insertion of sulfur dioxide via a radical process: an efficient route to sulfonyl compounds
Guanyinsheng Qiu, Kaida Zhou, Liang Gao and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 691-705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO01073G

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Welcome to Issue 3 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018

Welcome to issue 3 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2018 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now. 

The front cover story, Electronic and structural properties of N → B-ladder boranes with high electron affinity by Markus Grandl, Yu Sun and Frank Pammer.

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Total synthesis of strictamine: a tutorial for novel and efficient synthesis
Chao Wang, Shiju Zhang, Yan Wang, Sha-Hua Huang and Ran Hong
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 447-452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00837F

Pyridinium salts: from synthesis to reactivity and applications
Subbiah Sowmiah, José M. S. S. Esperança, Luís P. N. Rebelo and Carlos A. M. Afonso
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 453-493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00836H

Formation of tetrasubstituted C–C double bonds via olefin metathesis: challenges, catalysts, and applications in natural product synthesis
Nirmalya Mukherjee, Sebastian Planer and Karol Grela
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 494-516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00800G

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Welcome to Issue 2 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018

Welcome to issue 2 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2018 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now. 

Graphical abstract: Front coverThe front cover story, 10 gram-scale synthesis of a chiral oxazoline iminopyridine ligand and its applications by Jianhui Chen, Tuo Xi and Zhan Lu. The inside cover features a story on Regioselective C5 alkenylation of 2-acylpyrroles via Pd(II)-catalyzed C–H bond activation.

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Catalytic approaches to assemble cyclobutane
motifs in natural product synthesis

Meng Wang and Ping Lu
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 254-259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00668C

Asymmetric hydrofunctionalization of minimally
functionalized alkenes via earth abundant
transition metal catalysis

Jianhui Chen and Zhan Lu
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 260-272
Graphical abstract: Inside front coverhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00613F

Total syntheses of pyrroloazocine indole alkaloids: challenges and reaction discovery
Mariia S. Kirillova, Fedor M. Miloserdov and Antonio M. Echavarren
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 273-287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00786H

Recent developments in palladium-catalysed nondirected
coupling of (hetero)arene C–H bonds with
C–Z (Z = B, Si, Sn, S, N, C, H) bonds in bi(hetero)
aryl synthesis

Pui Ying Choy, Shun Man Wong, Anant Kapdi and Fuk Yee Kwong
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 288-321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00693D

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Welcome to Issue 1 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018

Welcome to issue 1 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2018 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, A new approach for the synthesis of mono- and A1/A2-dihydroxy-substituted pillar[5]arenes and their complexation with alkyl alcohols in solution and in the solid state  by Talal F. Al-Azemi, Abdirahman A. Mohamod, Mickey Vinodh and Fatemeh H. Alipour。

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Total synthesis of natural products via iridium catalysis
Changchun Yuan and Bo Liu
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 106-131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00664K

Ir-Catalyzed reactions in natural product synthesis
Pengquan Chen, Yuecheng Wu, Shifa Zhu, Huanfeng Jiang and Zhiqiang Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 132-150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00665A

 

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24 Frontiers board members achieve the 2017 Highly Cited Researchers list

We are proud to announce that Clarivate Analytics names 24 Board members of Frontiers journals as Highly Cited Researchers for 2017, ranking them among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and publication year. Congratulations!

Those recognized represent the Editorial Board and Advisory Board of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Organic Chemistry Frontiers and the new journal Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

The board members are:

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Organic Chemistry Frontiers Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Editorial Board Song Gao, Peking University, China

Jun Chen, Nankai University, China

Yi Lu, University of Illinois, USA

Guy Bertrand, University of California, San Diego, USA Ben Zhong Tang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

Feihe Huang, Zhejiang University, China


Advisory Board


Christopher J Chang, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Yi Cui, Stanford University, USA

Xile Hu, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Mercouri Kanatzidis, Northwestern University, USA

Yadong Li, Tsinghua University, China

Wenbin Lin, University of Chicago, USA

Yi Xie, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Chunhua Yan, Peking University, China

Hong-Cai Joe Zhou, Texas A&M University, USA


Lutz Ackermann, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany

Matthias Beller, University of Rostock, Germany

Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany


Guillermo C Bazan, UC Santa Barbara, USA

Wenbin Lin, University of Chicago, USA

Bin Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore

He Tian, East China University of Science and Technology, China

Juyoung Yoon, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

Hua Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Xi Zhang, Tsinghua University, China


Click here for the full listing from Clarivate Analytics.

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Welcome to Issue 12 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2017

Welcome to issue 12 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2017 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The  front cover story, Metal-mediated C–O bond forming reactions in natural product synthesis by Gwilherm Evano, Jianjun Wang and Antoine Nitelet. The inside cover features a story on An expedient and novel strategy for reductive amination by employing H2O as both a hydrogen source and solvent via B2(OH)4/H2O systems.

Follow review  type article is also included in current issue:

Catalytic C–H amination at its limits: challenges and solutions
Damien Hazelard, Pierre-Antoine Nocquet and Philippe Compain
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 2500-2521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00547D

 

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Hot Articles in October 2017

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

You can access these publications for free till 31st December 2017 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

Facile synthesis of carbo- and heterocycles via Fe(III)-catalyzed alkene hydrofunctionalization
Jifeng Qi, Jing Zheng and Sunliang Cui
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00817A

A copper-catalyzed sulfonylative C–H bond functionalization from sulfur dioxide and aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates
Hongguang Xia, Yuanyuan An, Xincheng Zeng and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00866J

Regioselective C5 alkenylation of 2-acylpyrroles via Pd(II)-catalyzed C–H bond activation
Jian-Hua Duan, Rui-Jie Mi, Jing Sun and Ming-Dong Zhou
Org. Chem. Front., 2018, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00732A

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