Synthesis Journal

Synthetic electrochemistry goes interfacial⚡This review by Jianchun Wang & co-workers explores how chemically modified electrodes—nanoparticle-based or catalyst-immobilized—unlock new reactivity, selectivity, and mechanistic insight in organic #electrosynthesis

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Azo-peptide synthesis by Oestreich @silicon-martin.bsky.social & co-workers — no stereochemical compromise✨Pd-catalyzed C(sp²)–N(sp²) cross-coupling enables epimerization-free installation of #azobenzene units onto amino acids and small #peptides

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Rearranging with precision🔄 Eiji Tayama & co-workers uncover how ring strain steers Sommelet–Hauser over Stevens #rearrangement, delivering enantio- and diastereopure α-arylamino acid amides via chirality transfer🧪
#ammonium

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Yu Zhao & Jun Xuan review how visible-light #photochemistry drives S–N bond cleavage to difunctionalize alkenes & alkynes, unlocking efficient routes to bioactive sulfur–nitrogen motifs💡
#radicals

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A powerful photochemical coupling of aryl #azides & anilines delivers hard-to-access N-aryl-ortho-phenylenediamines via singlet #nitrene chemistry enabled by a Lewis acid💡Great work by Ruffoni & Leonori

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🚀Explore the power of #photochemical #decarboxylation of dicarboxylic acids, unlocking alkyl radicals, arynes, strained cycloalkynes & more🌟 From unique intermediates to late-stage functionalization, this review by Lei Shi lights the way for future innovation

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Join Thieme #Cheminar “Strain-Release Chemistry”🔬 with our speakers Dr. Durga Prasad Hari (🇮🇳), Prof. Jérôme Waser (🇨🇭) @lcsolab.bsky.social & Prof. Peter Wipf (🇺🇸), hosted by our assoc. editor Prof. Akkattu T. Biju

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✨Special Topic Dedicated To Prof. Paul Knochel✨
Berionni & co-workers @dr-berionni.bsky.social report transition-metal-free #borylation of electron-poor arenes and polyaromatics using a 9-boratriptycene pyramidal boron Lewis #superacid💡

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Cracking the stereochemical code of insect #pheromones 🔍 The group of Stefan Schulz reports a simple, scalable route to both enantiomers of heptalactone. From Jacobsen’s Co-salen resolution to Grignard & PCC steps, they deliver a path to pure signals🐝
#semiochemicals

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Selective Reductions of Complex Pyridines via NTf-Pyridinium Salts: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo... (@synthesis1969.bsky.social).

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Asymmetric Kumada–Tamao–Corriu coupling: Clavier @herveclavier.bsky.social & team show Pd(NHC) catalysts that afford axially chiral biaryls; steered by the ArylMg reagent and #NHC—not the aryl halide💡

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Late-stage modification is going sustainable🌿 Ackermann & team @catalysis-lab.bsky.social review how #electrochemistry replaces toxic oxidants with clean electrons (2019–2025)⚡️
#functionalization

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Dive into steric chemistry✨ Mustafa Cetin reveals how bulky tert-butyl groups reshape α-diimine ligands, where sterics beat electronics, twisting structures and steering reactivity in Schiff bases⚛️
#hindrance

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⚡️A mild, metal-free electrochemical route to arylboronate esters! This decarboxylative #borylation by Xianqiang Kong & co-workers shows broad scope, great functional-group tolerance, and strong atom-economy♻️
#electrochemistry

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✨Special Topic Dedicated To Prof. Paul Knochel✨

Dirk Trauner @dirktrauner.bsky.social & team use their synthetic azide-based platform to access loline analogues and explore loline as a bidentate ligand for Pd chemistry
#ClickChemistry

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Synthesis of Transition-Metal–Boryl Complexes from Diboron Reagents (@synthesis1969.bsky.social): www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo....

Diving into TM–boryl chemistry✨ Hairong Lyu & co-workers review transition-metal–boryl complexes from Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Rh, Ir, Ru, and Pt, highlighting their formation from various diboron reagents, reactivity with alkenes/alkynes and roles in catalytic #borylation⚗️

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Exploring C–O bond #functionalization 🚀 This review by Seki & Nakao categorizes C(sp²) and C(sp³) activations, highlighting new #TransitionMetals and dual #catalysis strategies to break inert bonds⛓️

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Controlling epoxide #cyclizations like never before🌀
Vanderwal & co-workers explore α-alkoxy #epoxides in Nugent–RajanBabu reductive cyclizations, revealing how α-oxygen protecting group size dictates 6-endo vs 5-exo outcomes⚗️
#TotalSynthesis

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Explore the first continuous-flow Reformatsky-type reaction via ethyl γ-bromocrotonate🚀 André B. Charette & team optimize γ-selectivity to synthesize homoallylic alcohols and #Piperine 🌿
#FlowChemistry

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Radical chemistry for remote C–C & C–heteroatom bond formation🔬 This review by Dagousset et al. highlights decades of advances in functionalizing α,β-unsaturated carbonyls🌟
#photocatalysis #organocatalysis

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A mild & efficient route to trisubstituted methanes✨Waghmode & co-workers report a TFA-catalyzed, highly regioselective 1,6-addition of mercapto- and hydroxy-pyridines to para-quinone methides, offering broad scope and chromatography-free workup⚗️
#mercaptopyridine

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Quisqualic acid is an interesting non-proteinogenic amino acid with applications in medicinal chemistry. Have a look at our detailed account on its synthesis, which was just published in Synthesis @synthesis1969.bsky.social
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Self-assembling pyridone #phosphorus ligands🧩 Bernhard Breit & co-workers present 19 ligands, including 11 P-stereogenic versions with excellent ee and high thermal stability🔥
#catalysis

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Michalak & Vanderwal report a clever, Cl-guided stereocontrolled formal synthesis of Steviol — using a removable chlorine center and epoxide-initiated bicyclization for precise stereochemistry🔄⚗️
#terpenoids #TotalSynthesis

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Explore the power of π–π #interactions ! Jeonghyo Lee & co-workers show how these forces guide chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective transformations in C–C, C–O, and C–N bond formation, plus selective reductions ⚗️

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Alessandro Palmieri & co-workers present a practical #onepot route to 2,5-disubstituted thiophenes, using a base-promoted Michael addition followed by acid-driven cyclization. Efficient, elegant chemistry in action!⚗️
#thiophene #nitroalkenes

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We are pleased to welcome Prof. Akkattu T. Biju (Indian Institute of Science) as a new Associate Editor of SYNTHESIS!🎉
A leader in NHC organocatalysis and strain-release chemistry, he strengthens the journal’s Editorial Board with his outstanding expertise!

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We are excited to welcome Prof. Martin Oestreich @silicon-martin.bsky.social (TU Berlin) as the new Editor-in-Chief of SYNTHESIS!🎉
Martin, a leader in silicon chemistry and catalysis, looks forward to building on the journal’s success and driving its growth!

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