Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Design of a new series of chiral phosphite–olefin ligands and their application in asymmetric catalysis is contributed by Yue-Na Yu and Ming-Hua Xu.

Following highlights and review article are also included in the current issue:

Chopping unfunctionalized carbon–carbon bonds: a new paradigm for the synthesis of organonitriles
Philippe Bisseret, Guillaume Dureta and Nicolas Blanchard
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 825-833
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00158C

Modern multicomponent reactions for better drug syntheses
Tryfon Zarganes-Tzitzikas and Alexander Dömling
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 834-837
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00088A

Transition-metal-catalyzed direct β-functionalization of simple carbonyl compounds
Guobing Yan and Arun Jyoti Borah
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 838-842
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00154K

Recent advances in directed C–H functionalizations using monodentate nitrogen-based directing groups
Min Zhang, Yuanfei Zhang, Xiaoming Jie, Huaiqing Zhao, Gang Li and Weiping Su
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 843-895
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00068D

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Cationic gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselective hydroalkylation of unactivated alkenes: influence of the chloride scavenger on the stereoselectivity is contributed by Vincent Gandon and his co-workers.

Following highlight and review article are also included in the current issue:

Catalytic fluorination of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds
Jun-An Ma and Shen Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 712-715
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00078A

Synthesis and modification of octafluoro[2.2]paracyclophane (parylene AF4)
Craig Hicks, Brendan Duffy and Gráinne C. Hargaden
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 716-725
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00110A

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Concise synthesis of atorvastatin lactone under high-speed vibration milling conditions is contributed by Verónica Estévez, Mercedes Villacampaa and J. Carlos Menéndez.

The inside front cover this month features an article on Palladium-catalyzed reductive cleavage of tosylated arenes using isopropanol as the mild reducing agent by Wing Kin Chow, Chau Ming So, Chak Po Laua and Fuk Yee Kwong.

Following highlights and review article are also included in the current issue:

Sonogashira coupling in natural product synthesis
Dan Wang and Shuanhu Gao
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 556-566
DOI: 10.1039/C3QO00086A

Direct activation of relatively unstrained carbon–carbon bonds in homogeneous systems
Alpay Dermenci, Jotham W. Coe and Guangbin Dong
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 567-581
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00053F
Enantioselective heterogeneous Brønsted acid catalysis
Anil Kumar Mutyala and Nitin T. Patil
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 582-586
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00051J

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Naphthodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene-based semiconductors: synthesis, characterization, and device performance of field-effect transistors，is contributed by Gui Yu and his co-workers.

The inside front cover features an article on Highly efficient and general enantioselective synthesis of naturally occurring isoquinoline alkaloids by Weilong Lin and Shengming Ma.

Following highlights and review article are also included in the current issue:

The redox-A3 reaction
Daniel Seidel
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 426-429
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00022F

Copper-mediated/-catalyzed fluorination reactions: new routes to aryl fluorides
Xin Mu and Guosheng Liu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 430-433
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00003J

Recent advances in C–H fluorination
Aijun Lin, C. Bryan Huehls and Jiong Yang
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 434-438
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00020J

Synthesis of organic halides via palladium(0) catalysis
Chen Chen and Xiaofeng Tong
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 439-446
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00004H

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