Themed collection: Celebrating the 65th Birthday of Professor Max Malacria

We are pleased to present an online themed collection dedicated to Professor Max Malacria in celebration of his 65th birthday.

As a tribute to his renowned scientific career, this themed collection brought together over 40 colleagues and students of Max’s.  We thank all the authors and Guest Editors Louis Fensterbank and Corinne Aubert, for their generous contribution to this successful collection.

Papers in this collection are free to access till end of 2015.

Editorial

Editorial: Max Malacria 65th birthday special issue
Louis Fensterbank and Corinne Aubert
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO90034K, Editorial

Highlights

Pyridine synthesis by [4 + 2] cycloadditions of 1-azadienes: hetero-Diels Alder and transition metal-catalysed approaches
Jamie M. Neely and Tomislav Rovis
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00187G

Chopping unfunctionalized carbon–carbon bonds: a new paradigm for the synthesis of organonitriles
Philippe Bisseret, Guillaume Duret and Nicolas Blanchard
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00158C

Tutorial Account

A convenient, economical and scalable multi-gram synthesis of 1-vinylcyclopropyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate
O. Stephen Ojo, Phillip A. Inglesby, Daniela E. Negru and P. Andrew Evans
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00089G

Research Articles

Function through bio-inspired, synthesis-informed design: step-economical syntheses of designed kinase inhibitors
Paul A. Wender, Alison D. Axtman, Jennifer E. Golden, Jung-Min Kee, Lauren E. Sirois, Ryan V. Quiroz and Matthew C. Stevens
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00228H

Reductive decyanation of malononitriles and cyanoacetates using photoactivated neutral organic super-electron-donors
Eswararao Doni and John A. Murphy
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00202D

Near-infrared absorbing heterocyclic quinoid donors for organic solar cell devices
Emel Ay, Shunsuke Furukawa and Eiichi Nakamura
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00182F

Stereospecific synthesis of highly functionalized benzo[3.1.0]bicycloalkanes via multistep cascade reactions
Jian-Bo Zhu, Hao Chen, Lijia Wang and Yong Tang
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00134F

The kinetics of alkyl radical ring closures at selenium: formation of selenane
Amber N. Hancock, Yvonne Kavanagh and Carl H. Schiesser
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00108G

Ru(II)-catalyzed rearrangement of the allenic sulfide bearing propargyl moiety: efficient formation of benzene derivatives
Lingling Peng, Xiu Zhang, Jie Ma and Jianbo Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00001C

Enantioselective Pd-catalyzed tandem allylic alkylation reaction using monodentate phosphoramidite ligands for the formal total synthesis of huperzine A
Chi-Feng Lin, Chih-Wei Chien and Iwao Ojima
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00180J

Synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepinones and 1,4-benzoxazepinones via palladium-catalyzed amino and oxyacetoxylation
A. D. Manick, G. Duret, D. N. Tran, F. Berhal and G. Prestat
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00179F

Copper-mediated efficient three-component synthesis of 1,2,4-triazoles from amines and nitriles
Jinqiang Kuang, Bo Chen and Shengming Ma
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00007B

Enantioselective allylic amination of MBH carbonates catalyzed by novel chiral 4-dialkylaminopyridine catalysts
Gaoyuan Ma and Mukund P. Sibi
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00210E

Glycosylation with N-acetyl glycosamine donors using catalytic iron(III) triflate: from microwave batch chemistry to a scalable continuous-flow process
Amandine Xolin, Arnaud Stévenin, Mathieu Pucheault, Stéphanie Norsikian, François-Didier Boyer and Jean-Marie Beau
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00183D

Enyne [4 + 4] photocycloaddition with polycyclic aromatics
Buddha B. Khatri, Svitlana Kulyk and Scott McN. Sieburth
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00190G

N-heterocyclic carbene catalysed oxidative esterification of aliphatic aldehydes
Ramesh C. Samanta and Armido Studer
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00164H

Stereocontrolled synthesis of propionate motifs from L-lactic and L-alanine aldehydes. A DFT study of the hydrogen transfer under endocyclic control
François Godin, Martin Duplessis, Cindy Buonomano, Thao Trinh, Karine Houde, Daniel Chapdelaine, Jacques Rodrigue, André Boutros and Yvan Guindon
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00142G

Bi(OTf)3-catalysed synthesis of substituted indanes by a double hydroarylation of unactivated 1,3-dienes
Bastien Cacciuttolo, Pierrick Ondet, Sophie Poulain-Martini, Gilles Lemière and Elisabet Duñach
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00149D

Radical vinylation of dioxolanes and N-acylpyrrolidines using vinyl bromides
Takashi Kippo, Yuki Kimura, Ayami Maeda, Hiroshi Matsubara, Takahide Fukuyama and Ilhyong Ryu
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00138A

Intermolecular reactions of gold(I)-carbenes with furans by related mechanisms
David Lebœuf, Morgane Gaydou, Yahui Wang and Antonio M. Echavarren
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00130C

Metal-free aerobic C–H oxidation of cyclic enones
P. A. Peixoto, M. Cormier, J. Ekosso Epane, A. Jean, J. Maddaluno and M. De Paolis
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00125G

Cyclodextrin-adamantane conjugates, self-inclusion and aggregation versus supramolecular polymer formation
Diem Ngan Tran, Dmitri Colesnic, Ségolène Adam de Beaumais, Gaëlle Pembouong, François Portier, Álvaro Antelo Queijo, José Vázquez Tato, Yongmin Zhang, Mickaël Ménand, Laurent Bouteiller and Matthieu Sollogoub
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00104D

A problem solving approach for the diastereoselective synthesis of (5′S)- and (5′R)-5′,8-cyclopurine lesions
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Carla Ferreri, Annalisa Masi, Anna Sansone, Michael A. Terzidis and Michail Tsakos
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00133H

Polythiophene synthesis via halogen dance
Keisuke Shono, Yugo Sumino, Shota Tanaka, Shunsuke Tamba and Atsunori Mori
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00109E

Addition of carbon nucleophiles to hemiaminals promoted by a Lewis acidic polyoxotungstate
Wen-Jing Xuan, Candice Botuha, Bernold Hasenknopf and Serge Thorimbert
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00193A

Cationic gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselective hydroalkylation of unactivated alkenes: influence of the chloride scavenger on the stereoselectivity
Weizhen Fang, Marc Presset, Amandine Guérinot, Christophe Bour, Sophie Bezzenine-Lafollée and Vincent Gandon
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00112E

Iridium(III) dipyridylamine complexes: synthesis, characterization and catalytic activities in photoredox reactions
Elodie Sauvageot, Ronan Marion, Fabien Sguerra, Adèle Grimault, Richard Daniellou, Matthieu Hamel, Sylvain Gaillard and Jean-Luc Renaud
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00059E

Visible-light photocatalytic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and carbon–carbon bond formation
Marion Daniel, Louis Fensterbank, Jean-Philippe Goddard and Cyril Ollivier
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00071D

Synthesis and characterization of spin-labelled [2]rotaxanes containing tetrathiafulvalene and 1,5-dioxynaphthalene molecular stations
Roberta Manoni, Francesco Romano, Costanza Casati, Paola Franchi, Elisabetta Mezzina and Marco Lucarini
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00065J

Development of sustainable fluorous chemistry: the synthesis and characterization of fluorous ethers with nonafluoro-tert-butoxy groups
See-Wing Lo, Edwin Law, Matthew Y. Lui, Xi-Guang Wei, Kai-Chung Lau, Chui Y. Ma, Margaret B. Murphy and István T. Horváth
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00192C, Research Article


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Welcome to Issue 9 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, Room temperature, open-flask C–H arylation of electron-deficient heteroarenes with triazenes: rapid synthesis of heterobiaryls is contributed by Rui Wang and John R. Falck.

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

The 2-phosphaethynolate anion: convenient synthesis and the reactivity
Zheng-Jun Quan and Xi-Cun Wang
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 1128-1131
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00189C

Organometallic intermediate-based organic synthesis: organo-di-lithio reagents and beyond
Wen-Xiong Zhang and Zhenfeng Xi
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 1132-1139
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00231H


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Hot OrgChemFront Articles for September

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Two- and three-coordinate formal iron(I) compounds featuring monodentate aminocarbene ligands
Zhenbo Mo, Zhenwu Ouyang, Lei Wang, Kathlyn L. Fillman, Michael L. Neidig and Liang Deng
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00175C, Research Article



Generation of 1-amino-isoquinoline-N-oxides via a tandem reaction of 2-alkynylbenzaldoxime with secondary amines in the presence of silver(I) and copper(I)
Junjie Song, Congbin Fan, Gang Liu and Guanyinsheng Qiu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00209A, Research Article


Facile solid-phase synthesis of PNA–peptide conjugates using pNZ-protected PNA monomers
Yi-Chao Huang, Cheng Cao, Xiang-Long Tan, Xiaoyu Li and Lei Liu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00217B, Research Article


A sidearm-assisted phosphine for catalytic ylide intramolecular cyclopropanation
Jian-Bo Zhu, Hao Chen, Saihu Liao, Yu-Xue Li and Yong Tang
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00232F, Research Article


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Welcome to Issue 8 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers

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The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The cover story, N-Allenylnitrone acts as 2-azadiene in the Cu-catalyzed cascade reaction of O-propargylic oximes with azodicarboxylates is contributed by Itaru Nakamura, Takeru Jo, Dong Zhang and Masahiro Terada.

Following highlights are also included in the current issue:

Bottom-up chemical synthesis of three-dimensional conjugated carbon nanostructures: from carbon nanocages to carbon nanotubes
Wei Wang, Yu-Xuan Wang and Hai-Bo Yang
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 1005-1009
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00181H

Pyridine synthesis by [4 + 2] cycloadditions of 1-azadienes: hetero-Diels Alder and transition metal-catalysed approaches
Jamie M. Neely and Tomislav Rovis
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 1010-1015
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00187G


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Copper-mediated difluoromethylation of electron-poor aryl iodides at room temperature
Xue-Liang Jiang, Zeng-Hao Chen, Xiu-Hua Xu and Feng-Ling Qing
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 774-776
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00153B, Research Article



Highly efficient and stereocontrolled oxidative coupling of tetrahydropyrroloindoles: synthesis of chimonanthines, (+)-WIN 64821 and (+)-WIN 64745
Deqian Sun, Changyu Xing, Xiaoqing Wang, Zhongquan Su and Chaozhong Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00165F, Research Article




Enyne [4 + 4] photocycloaddition with polycyclic aromatics
Buddha B. Khatri, Svitlana Kulyk and Scott McN. Sieburth
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00190G, Research Article


Stereospecific synthesis of highly functionalized benzo[3.1.0]bicycloalkanes via multistep cascade reactions
Jian-Bo Zhu, Hao Chen, Lijia Wang and Yong Tang
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00134F, Research Article


Stereocontrolled synthesis of propionate motifs from L-lactic and L-alanine aldehydes. A DFT study of the hydrogen transfer under endocyclic control
François Godin, Martin Duplessis, Cindy Buonomano, Thao Trinh, Karine Houde, Daniel Chapdelaine, Jacques Rodrigue, André Boutros and Yvan Guindon
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00142G, Research Article


Near-infrared absorbing heterocyclic quinoid donors for organic solar cell devices
Emel Ay, Shunsuke Furukawa and Eiichi Nakamura
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00182F, Research Article


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Top 10 most-read Organic Chemistry Frontiers articles – Q2 2014

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

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

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

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

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

Vanadium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination reactions
Ji-Bao Xia, Yuyong Ma and Chuo Chen
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 468-472
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00057a

Visible-light photocatalytic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and carbon–carbon bond formation
Marion Daniel, Louis Fensterbank, Jean-Philippe Goddard and Cyril Ollivier
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 551-555
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00071d

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

Sonogashira coupling in natural product synthesis
Dan Wang and Shuanhu Gao
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 556-566
DOI: 10.1039/c3qo00086a

Direct alkenyl C–H functionalization of cyclic enamines with carboxylic acids via Rh catalysis assisted by hydrogen bonding
Zhi-Quan Lei, Jian-Heng Ye, Jian Sun and Zhang-Jie Shi
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 634-638
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00074a

Selective monofluorination of active methylene compounds: the important role of ZnCl2 in inhibiting overfluorination
Fanzhou Jiang, Yanchuan Zhao and Jinbo Hu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 625-629
DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00090k


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Welcome to Issue 7 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers

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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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Welcome to Issue 6 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers

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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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Hot OrgChemFront Articles for June

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A problem solving approach for the diastereoselective synthesis of (5′S)- and (5′R)-5′,8-cyclopurine lesions
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Carla Ferreri, Annalisa Masi, Anna Sansone, Michael A. Terzidis and Michail Tsakos
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 698-702
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00133H



Design of a new series of chiral phosphite–olefin ligands and their application in asymmetric catalysis
Yue-Na Yua and Ming-Hua Xu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00135D


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Hot OrgChemFront Articles for May

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Palladium-catalyzed reductive cleavage of tosylated arenes using isopropanol as the mild reducing agent
Wing Kin Chow, Chau Ming So, Chak Po Laua and Fuk Yee Kwong
Org. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 464-467
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00103F


Selective monofluorination of active methylene compounds: the important role of ZnCl2 in inhibiting overfluorination
Fanzhou Jiang, Yanchuan Zhaoa and Jinbo Hu
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00090K


A green fullerene derivative as a fluoride ion sensor
Liang Xu, Sisi Liang and Liangbing Gan
Org. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QO00111G


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