Organic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

On October 17-20, 2019, a Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry in Celebration of Prof. Julius Rebek Jr.’s 75th birthday was held at the University of Shanghai, hosted by Prof. Yang Yu. More than 30 alumni of Professor Rebek presented their research, covering an enormous spread of research inspired by their academic teacher Julius Rebek from supramolecular chemistry to catalysis, biological chemistry up to materials science. At this event a printed version of a themed collection of Organic Chemistry Frontiers dedicated to Professor Julius Rebek on the occassion of his 75th birthday in April 2019 was given to Prof. Rebek by the two guest editors, Pablo Ballester and Frank Würthner (see picture below).

From left to right: Prof. Frank Würthner, Associate Editor of OCF; Prof. Julius Rebek, Jr. with the special issue dedicated to him; Prof. Pablo Ballester, Guest Editor of the special issue; Prof. Yang Yu, Organizer of the Symposium at Shanghai University

Read the articles in the themed collection in celebration of the 75th birthday of Professor Julius Rebek, Jr.

Welcome to issue 20 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Steric hindrance classified: treatment of isothiocyanatoallene with secondary amines bearing bulky substituents to generate 2-aminothiazoles, is contributed by Klaus Banert and Jennifer Seifert.The inside cover features a story on Synthesis of chromans and kinetic resolution of 2-aryl-3-nitro-2H-chromenes via the NHC-bound azolium homoenolate pathway by Aditya Bhattacharya, Pushpendra mani Shukla, Lalit Kumar Kaushik and Biswajit Maji .

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Recent advances in intramolecular C–O/C–N/C–S bond formation via C–H functionalization
Paran J. Borpatra, Bhaskar Deka, Mohit L. Deb and Pranjal K. Baruah
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 3445-3489
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00863B

Applications of sulfuryl fluoride (SO₂F₂) in chemical transformations
Ravindar Lekkala, Revathi Lekkala, Balakrishna Moku, K. P. Rakesh and Hua-Li Qin
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 3490-3516
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00747D

Welcome to issue 19 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Synthetic approach to skeletally diverse nitrogen heterocycles from dicyano-2-methylenebut-3-enoates is contributed by Xiang Zhang, Qing-Fei Huang, Wen-Lin Zou, Qing-Zhu Li, Xin Feng, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Yue Liu, Jun-Long Li and Qi-Wei Wang.

Welcome to issue 18 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Stable dicationic dioxoliums and fate of their dioxolyl radicals, is contributed by Marc Devillard, Vianney Regnier, Jacques Pecaut and David Martin and their co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Dual-directional alkyne-terminated macrocycles: Enroute to non-aggregating molecular platforms by Ali Husain, Asaithampi Ganesan, Basma Ghazal, Mahmut Durmuş, Xian-Fu Zhang and Saad Makhseed.

Welcome to issue 17 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Phloroglucinol heterodimers and bis-indolyl alkaloids from the sponge-derived fungus Aspergillus sp. SCSIO 41018, is contributed by Junfeng Wang, Yonghong Liu and their co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Catalyst- and additive-free annulation/aromatization leading to benzothiazoles and naphthothiazoles by Guo-Jun Deng, Zhenhua Xu, Huawen Huang and Hongbiao Chen.

Welcome to issue 16 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, A controlled blue-shift in meso-nitrogen aryl fused DIPY and BODIPY skeletons, is contributed by
Miłosz Pawlicki and his co-authors.The inside cover features a story on Synthesis of a dimer of the repeating unit of type Ia group B Streptococcus extracellular capsular polysaccharide and immunological evaluations of related protein conjugates by Guochao Liao, Jiatong Guo, Deying Yang, Zhifang Zhou, Zhongqiu Liu and Zhongwu Guo .

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Synthesis of aminoboronic acid derivatives: an update on recent advances
Andrej Šterman, Izidor Sosič, Stanislav Gobec and Zdenko Časar
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2991-2998
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00626E

Recent progress in selenium-catalyzed organic reactions
Lixiong Shao, Yiming Li, Jianmei Lu and Xuefeng Jiang
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2999-3041
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00620F

Welcome to issue 15 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, A computational study on ruthenium-catalyzed [4 + 1] annulation via C–H activation: the origin of selectivity and the role of the internal oxidizing group , is contributed by De-Cai Fang and his co-authors.The inside cover features a story on Exploring the necessity of an acidic additive for Pd(II)-catalyzed exclusive C4-fluoroalkylation of 3-acetylindole: a detailed DFT study on the mechanism and regioselectivity by Jin-Feng Li, Ru-Fang Zhao, Fu-Qiang Zhou, Meng-Yao She, Jun Zhang, Bing Yin, Sheng-Yong Zhang and Jian-Li Li.

Follow review type articles are also included in current issue:

Alkynogenic fragmentation
Jingyue Yang, Tung T. Hoang and Gregory B. Dudley
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2560-2569
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00266A

Oxidation of amine α-carbon to amide: a review on direct methods to access the amide functionality
Yin Wei and Min Shi
Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2570-2599
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QO00387H

Welcome to issue 14 of Organic Chemistry Frontiers for 2019 ! The latest OrgChemFront issue is published online now.

The front cover story, Fischernolides A-D, Four Novel Diterpene-Based Meroterpenoid Scaffolds with Antitumor Activities from Euphorbia fischerian by Wei-Ku Zhang, Jie-Kun Xu and co-authors. The inside cover features a story on Photoredox/rhodium catalysis in C–H activation for the synthesis of nitrogen containing heterocycles by Magnus Rueping and co-authors.