Great Success at the 2nd Organic Chemistry Frontiers International Symposium

The 2nd Organic Chemistry Frontiers International Symposium was successfully held in Zhejiang University on 21 April 2015. Symposium this year was attended by over 250 researchers and students from more than 20 universities and institutes of mainland China.

12 excellent scientific talks were featured at the symposium covering many popular and advancing researches in organic chemistry. Scientific talks and speakers are listed as follow:

Toward a nature-inspired, dual-catalytic method to dehydrogenate hydrocarbons

Erik Sorensen, Princeton University, USA

Selectivity in Metal-Catalyzed C–H Activation

Lutz Ackermann, Georg August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Direct Transformation of Benzyl Alcohols and Their Ethers

Zhangjie Shi, Peking University

Opportunities with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis: New Basic Activation Modes

Yonggui Robin Chi, Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Some New Stories about Gold(I) and Related Catalyses

Louis Fensterbank, UPMC, France

Radical Anion on Nitrogen Compounds

Zhan Lu, Zhejiang University, China

Cyclization Cascades via N-Amidyl Radicals: Novel Access to Complex Heterocycles

Cristina Nevado, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Amino Alcohols through Intermolecular Acetalization Catalyzed by Chiral Brønsted Acid

Masahiro Terada, Tohoku University, Japan

Traceless C–C Bond Formations Using Sulfones

Chulbom Lee, Seoul National University, South Korea

Total Synthesis of Indole Terpenoids

Ang Li, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China

Synthesis and Molecular Recognition of Corona[n]arenes

Mei-Xiang Wang, Tsinghua University, China

Chemical probes for targeting and imaging hypoxia in tumours

Stuart Conway, University of Oxford, UK

We thank very much the speakers for their excellent presentations, as well as the host organization Zhejiang University for their tireless efforts and generous financial support to ensure the successful Symposium!

Delegates are communicating at the coffee break

The lecture room was filled with attendees

Speakers, organizing committees and RSC staffs (left to right) -- Row 1: Yan-Guang Wang, Chulbom Lee, Yonggui Robin Chi, Ying Liu, Erik Sorensen, Shengming Ma, Wenjun Liu, Stuart Conway, Masahiro Terada, Bingfeng Shi; Row 2: Daping Zhang, Louis Fensterbank, Mei-Xiang Wang, Cristina Nevado, Lutz Ackermann, Zhangjie Shi, Ang Li, Zhan Lu.

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Organic Chemistry Frontiers at the 7th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Frontiers is glad to sponsor two poster prizes at the 7th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry (PSRC-7) to be held in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, from 15 – 18 July 2015. The PSRC takes place every two years, and is recognized as being one of the three major international meetings on radical chemistry (the other two being the International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals and the EUCHEM Conference on Free Radical Chemistry).  The PSRC-7 follows the successful series of PSRC symposiums held in Vancouver (2013), Shirahama (2011), Shanghai (2009), Heron Island (2007), Daejeon (2006), and Kanazawa (2003).

The symposium will cover all aspects of free radical chemistry and will bring together industrial and academic chemists from all over the world to discuss the latest advances in synthetic radical reactions, radical polymerizations, mechanistic insights into important radical reactions, new radical-based functional molecules and materials, and radicals in biology.

Take your opportunity to attend PSRC-7 by the registration deadline at 15 June 2015. More information is available at http://conference.ntu.edu.sg/psrc7/Pages/index.aspx.

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44th National Organic Chemistry Symposium June 28 to July 2, 2015

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Organic Chemistry Frontiers sponsored  the undergraduate context session of 44th National Organic Chemistry Symposium. The detailed information of the conference as below:

The Executive Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Maryland are pleased to announce an exciting speaker line-up at the 44th National Organic Chemistry Symposium. This biennial event will be held from Sunday, June 28 to Thursday, July 2, 2015 on the campus of the University of Maryland at College Park.  For attendees who wish to enjoy the July 4th celebrations in our nation’s capital on the Saturday after the NOS, the conference venue is about 45 minutes from downtown Washington DC by Metro and campus housing is available for after the conference.  For further information, see: https://organicdivision.org/NOS


Early registration (until June 1) is now open at: http://tinyurl.com/NOS15registration
Housing is now open at: http://tinyurl.com/NOS15housing
Poster submission (deadline June 1) is now open, and we will be offering eight poster awards. Details are available at: https://organicdivision.org/ama/orig/NOS/posters.html

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Welcome to Issue 4 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Palladium nanoparticles in glycerol: a clear-cut catalyst for one-pot multi-step processes applied in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds is contributed by Faouzi Chahdoura, Sonia Mallet-Ladeira and Montserrat Gómez.

The inside front cover this issue features an article on Alkyl- and aryl-thioalkylation of olefins with organotrifluoroborates by photoredox catalysis by Yanjie Li, Kazuki Miyazawa, Takashi Koike and Munetaka Akita.

Following review articles are also included in the current issue:

Negishi coupling in the synthesis of advanced electronic, optical, electrochemical, and magnetic materials Shouquan Huo, Robert Mroz and Jeffrey Carroll
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 416-445
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00322E



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Open for Registration–2nd Organic Chemistry Frontiers International Symposium

After the successful launch of the inaugural symposium, 2nd Organic Chemistry Frontiers International Symposium will be held this coming April in Zhejiang University.

Meeting this year is a one-day free event, supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University.

To find out more details, please see the event webpage.


第二届有机化学前沿研讨会将于2015年4月21日于浙江大学(玉泉校区)举行。本次会议由英国皇家化学会和浙江大学化学系联合举办,旨在加强有机合成方法学和相关领域的学术交流,促进国际合作,推动现代有机化学的发展。

本次研讨会面向所有有机化学工作者免费注册

在此,我们期待您的莅临,并感谢您的大力支持。您的参与将会使本次会议取得更圆满的成功!

会议主题:

  • 不对称催化
  • 有机催化
  • C-H键活化
  • 天然产物化学
  • 杂环化学
  • 分子识别

主题报告人:

  • Cristina Nevado
    University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Erik Sorensen
    Princeton University, United States
  • Masahiro Terada
    Tohoku University, Japan
  • Stuart Conway
    University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Louis Fensterbank
    UPMC, France
  • Chulbom Lee
    Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Mei-Xiang Wang (王梅祥)
    Tsinghua University, China
  • Lutz Ackermann
    Georg August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
  • Yonggui Robin Chi
    Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Ang Li (李昂)
    Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
  • Zhan Lu (陆展)
    Zhejiang University, China
  • Zhangjie Shi (施章杰)

Peking University, China

了解更多详情,欢迎访问我们的网站在线注册

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Top 10 most-read Organic Chemistry Frontiers articles – Q4 2014

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This month sees the following articles in Organic Chemistry Frontiers that are in the top 10 most accessed from October – December:

Synthesis of diaryldifluoromethanes by Pd-catalyzed difluoroalkylation of arylboronic acids
Ji-Wei Gu, Wen-Hao Guo and Xingang Zhang
Org. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 38-41
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00246f

Transition metal-catalyzed direct remote C-H functionalization of alkyl groups via C(sp3)-H bond activation
Guanyinsheng Qiu and   Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 169-178
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00207e

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

A flying start to a bright future
Shengming Ma
Org. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 9-11
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo90042a

Polycyclic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine analogs – synthesis via oxidative intramolecular C–H amination and optical properties
Łukasz Kielesiński, Mariusz Tasior and Daniel T. Gryko
Org. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 21-28
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00248b

Cu-mediated C–H cyanation of arenes using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as the “CN” source
Yuepeng Yan, Yizhi Yuan and Ning Jiao
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 1176-1179
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00205a

1,2-Alkylarylation of activated alkenes with dual C–H bonds of arenes and alkyl halides toward polyhalo-substituted oxindoles
Yu Liu, Jia-Ling Zhang, Ren-Jie Song and Jin-Heng Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 1289-1294
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00251b

Iron-catalyzed/mediated oxidative transformation of C–H bonds
Fan Jia and Zhiping Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 194-214
DOI: 10.1039/c3qo00087g

Formal fluorine atom transfer radical addition: silver-catalyzed carbofluorination of unactivated alkenes with ketones in aqueous solution
Lin Zhu, He Chen, Zijia Wang and Chaozhong Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 1299-1305
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00256c

Copper-catalyzed tandem trifluoromethylation/cyclization of internal alkynes
Yun-Long Ji, Jin-Hong Lin, Ji-Chang Xiao and Yu-Cheng Gu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 1280-1284
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00240g


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Welcome to Issue 3 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

Following review articles is included in the current issue:

Novel strategies for catalytic asymmetric synthesis of C1-chiral 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines and 3,4-dihydrotetrahydroisoquinolines
Wangsheng Liu, Shasha Liu, Ruiwen Jin, Hao Guo and Jinbo Zhao
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 288-299
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00294F


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Carbenes for Today — a 2015 web theme in OrgChemFront

We are delighted to announce a new themed collection to be published in 2015 on Organic Chemistry Frontiers:

Carbenes for Today
Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2015
Guest edited by: Guy Bertrand Frank Glorius F. Ekkehardt Hahn
UCSD University of Muenster University of Muenster

This themed collection aims to highlight recent advances on the structural, catalytic and organometallic aspect of modern carbene chemistry, with special focus on their applications in organic synthesis.

Topics that will be covered include but aren’t limited to:

  • free carbenes as synthetic intermediates in organic reactions
  • synthetic use of metal catalyzed decomposition of diazo compounds
  • Fischer carbenes in organic synthesis
  • transition metal-NHCs complexes in homogeneous catalysis
  • design and synthesis of novel carbene ligands
  • NHCs as organocatalysts
  • carbenes coordinated to metal surfaces
  • carbenes in polymer synthesis
  • metal carbenes and their reactivity in catalysis

Research articles, Reviews and Highlights will be considered for publication. Submissions will be subject to normal peer review. Accepted articles will be published and included into recent journal issues without delay to permit the timely dissemination of the work.

Please note in “comments to the editors” field in the online submission system if your manuscript is dedicated to this themed collection.

We look forward to your contribution!


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Welcome to Issue 2 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Target-oriented design and biosynthesis of thiostrepton-derived thiopeptide antibiotics with improved pharmaceutical properties is contributed by Wen Liu and his co-authors.

The inside front cover this month features an article on Asymmetric synthesis of poly-substituted spirocyclohexane oxindole via a squaramide catalyzed cascade Michael–Michael–aldol sequence by Xing-Wen Sun and his co-authors.

Following review articles are also included in the current issue:

Transition metal-catalyzed direct remote C–H functionalization of alkyl groups via C(sp3)–H bond activation
Guanyinsheng Qiu and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 169-178
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00207E

Catalytic enantioselective organic transformations via visible light photocatalysis
Chengfeng Wang and Zhan Lu
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 179-190
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00306C


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Welcome to Issue 1 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Polycyclic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine analogs – synthesis via oxidative intramolecular C–H amination and optical properties is contributed by Łukasz Kielesiński, Mariusz Tasior and Daniel T. Gryko.

The inside front cover this month features an article on Chiroptical sensing of oligonucleotides with a cyclic octapyrrole by Machiko Ie, Jun-ichiro Setsune, Kazuo Eda and Akihiko Tsuda.

See the interview with Guy Bertrand, who is the Professor in University of California San Diego and the Editorial Board member of Organic Chemistry Frontiers.

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

Chromium-catalyzed transformations with Grignard reagents – new opportunities for cross-coupling reactions
Xiaoming Zeng and Xuefeng Cong
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 69-72
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00272E

Recent applications of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines, chiral diene ligands and chiral sulfur–olefin ligands in asymmetric synthesis
Han-Qing Dong, Ming-Hua Xu, Chen-Guo Feng, Xing-Wen Sun and Guo-Qiang Lin
Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 73-89
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00245H


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