Organic Chemistry Frontiers
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An international high impact journal for cutting-edge research from all disciplines of organic chemistry. Published by @rsc.org 🌐 Website: rsc.li/orgchemfront
🔔 Research article by Philippe Jubault, Thomas Poisson 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. An electrochemical method for the synthesis of allyl silanes 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #Electrosynthesis #Electrochemistry #AllylSilanes #OrganicSynthesis #GreenChemistry #SiliconChemistry
🔔 Research article by Luis Sánchez 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Chirality dominance in seeded supramolecular copolymerization of complementary perylenediimides 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #SupramolecularChemistry #Chirality #SelfAssembly #Perylenediimide #ChiralMaterials #OrganicChemistry
🎉Congratulations to Daniel P. Couto on winning the Best Poster Prize, sponsored by Organic Chemistry Frontiers, at #ISMSC2026! ismsc2026.com 🏆Awarded for the poster: “Multiple template site nitrogen atom deletions from rotaxanes, catenanes, and a molecular knot” #OrganicChemistryFrontiers
🔔 Research article by Aurapat Ngamnithiporn 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Solvent-controlled regioselective switch in oxidative cyclization of biaryl ketoximes 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #OrganicChemistry #OxidativeCyclization #Regioselectivity #NHeterocycles #Dearomatization #Synthesis
🔔 Research article by Daniel Seidel 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Acridine/Lewis acid photocatalysis enables α-amidyl radical cyclizations 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #Photocatalysis #RadicalChemistry #Cyclization #OrganicSynthesis #Heterocycles #LewisAcidCatalysis
🔔 Research article by Suckchang Hong 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Rapid and modular 1,2-carboheterofunctionalization of diverse alkenes via photoredox and RLT catalysis 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #Photoredox #RadicalChemistry #OrganicSynthesis #AlkeneFunctionalization #Catalysis #IronCatalysis
🔔 Research article by Robert S. Paton, Abhishek Sharma, Jérémy Merad, Garret M. Miyake, R. Thomas Williamson 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Clarifying stereochemical outcomes in radical-initiated vinyl cyclopropane cycloadditions within the Beckwith–Houk framework 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #RadicalChemistry #DFT
🔔Welcome to Issue 14! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Computational and synthetic studies on the conversion of isothiocyanates into isocyanides: inspirations from the Corey–Winter olefination by Michael Reggelin, Stefan Immel 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo...
🔔 Research article by Andrey A. Tabolin 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Bifunctional para-quinone methides in organocatalytic [3 + 2]-annulation with nitroalkenes: enantio- and diastereoselective assembly of nitrogen-functionalized cyclopentanes 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #Organocatalysis #AsymmetricSynthesis #Annulation
🔔 Research article by Manuel A. Fernández-Rodríguez 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Synthesis of fluorescent cyclopentene-fused-phenanthrenes via boron trifluoride-promoted cascade cationic cyclization 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #OrganicChemistry #CascadeCyclization #Fluorescence #Phenanthrene #Synthesis
🔔 Research article by Ifor D. W. Samuel, Eli Zysman-Colman 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Intramolecular through-space heavy-atom effect in multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters with [2.2]paracyclophane 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qo... #MRTADF #OLED #Luminescence #OrganicElectronics #Photophysics
🔔Welcome to Issue 13! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Breaking C–C (sp³–sp³) σ bonds in 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) by oxidation with antimony pentachloride by Alan L. Balch 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d5qo...
🔔 Research article by Akhilesh K. Verma 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Capturing CO: palladium-catalyzed, BrCF₂COOK-mediated one-pot carbonylative coupling for the synthesis of oxindoles 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO... #ReactionMechanism #FluorineChemistry #C1Chemistry #OrganicChemistry #Catalysis #Carbonylation #Synthesis
🔔 Review article by Yee Ling Lau 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Recent developments in carbonyl–olefin metathesis 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QO... #CarbonylOlefinMetathesis #Catalysis #CCBondFormation #OrganicSynthesis #Metathesis #ReactionMechanism #Chemistry #SustainableSynthesis
🔔Welcome to Issue 12! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Enabling C–C bond-forming strategies for tailored derivatisation of heptazine frameworks by Lionel Dubois, Julie Andrez 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO...
🔔 New highlight in Emerging Investigator Series 2026 "Carbon isotope exchange and transfer reactions involving CO₂" by Gregory J. P. Perry 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO... 🔗 Explore more in the themed collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
🔔 Hot article by Yin Wei, Min Shi 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Thermally induced intramolecular [4 + 2] dearomative cycloaddition reaction of anthracene-tethered vinylidenecyclopropanes 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO... #Regioselectivity #ReactionMechanism #DFT #StructureReactivity#OrganicChemistry #Cycloaddition #Synthesis
🔔Outside Back Cover of Issue 11 presents: Metal-free photoredox-catalyzed reductive dimerization of allenes enabled by heterolytic cleavage of α-bromoesters: access to functionalized 1,5-dienes by Manoj V. Mane, Milan Bera 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO...
🔔Inside Front Cover of Issue 11 presents: Site-selective divergent C–H halogenation of carbazoles and indolines by Chenjiang Liu, Yonghong Zhang 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO...
🔔Welcome to Issue 11! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Alkali/alkaline earth metal-mediated mechanochemical Wurtz reactions by Hideto Ito 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. @hidetoito.bsky.social #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO...
🔔Outside back cover of Issue 10 presents: Densely-functionalized bicyclic cyclopentanones by combined photoinduced 6-endo-trig Giese additions and mild aldol cyclizations by Jérôme Lacour 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QO...
🔔Welcome to Issue 10! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Electronic modification of hexa-2,4-diyne-1,6-diols: predictive access to strained cyclobutenes and 3(2H)-furanones by Marcus Korb 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QO...
Peer review powers great science 💡 We’re proud to celebrate the 2025 Outstanding Peer Reviewers for Organic Chemistry Frontiers— www.rsc.org/standards-an... 👏 Thank you for your vital contributions. #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #Chemistry
🔔Issue 5 is available! Please read the cover article: Electrochemically driven reductive coupling of nitroarenes with alkyl bromides by Jiayu Mo 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Electrochemistry #OrganicSynthesis #CrossCoupling #Free_to_read 🔗https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QO01269D
🔔Back cover of Issue 4 showcases research from Carolina Gimbert-Suriñach, Adelina Vallribera, Albert Granados 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. EDA-complex photoactivation of thianthrene-based radical precursors enables divergent access to functionalized saturated heterocycles #Free_to_read doi.org/10.1039/D5QO...
🔔Inside cover of Issue 4 presents Multigram synthesis and physicochemical evaluation of (oxa)azaspiro[2.𝘯]alkane building blocks by Oleksandr O. Grygorenko 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Spirocycles #SpiroChemistry #Azaspiro #MedicinalChemistry #MultigramSynthesis #Free_to_read doi.org/10.1039/D5QO...
🔔Welcome to Issue 4! Please read the cover article: “Metallic electrocatalyzed C–N bond formation: new catalytic modes and technologies” by Zhao-Zhao Zhou This review highlights the recent developments in metallic electrocatalyzed C–N bond formation with new technologies. doi.org/10.1039/D5QO...
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📢 Welcome to issue 24 of OCF, please read the cover article by Esteban Mejía 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨-𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟓,𝟏𝟎-𝐝𝐢𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QO01348H