Organoboron compounds have extreme potential for organic synthesis. Ready functionalization of organoboron intrigued people to develop various protocols for their synthesis. Over the last several decades, there has been a substantial development in synthesizing new organoboron compounds using transition metals. Among various transition metals, zirconium has also been found to catalyze diverse reactions of organoboron. The zirconium chemistry has become more popular with the development of zirconium metallocenes, particularly bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconocene chloride hydride, the wellknown Schwartz reagent. These zirconium metallocenes possess a significant role in hydrozirconation, hydroboration, hydrogenation, carbozirconation, and a promising tri-n-butyl tin hydride alternative. This minireview focuses on the various transformations of organoboron employing zirconium catalysts that have been developed so far.

Heteroaryl boronic acids and esters are extremely important and valuable intermediates because of their wide application in the synthesis of marketed drugs and bioactive compounds. Over the last couple of decades, the construction of highly important heteroaryl carbon‐boron bonds has created huge attention. The transition‐metal‐free protocols are more green, less sensitive to air and moisture, and also economically advantageous over the transition‐metal‐based protocols. The transition‐metal‐free C−H borylation of heteroarenes and C−X (X=halogen) borylation of heteroaryl halides represents an excellent approach for their synthesis. Also, various cyclization and alkyne activation protocols have been recently established for their synthesis. The goal of this review article is to summarize the existing literature and the current state of the art for transition‐metal‐free synthesis of heteroaryl boronic acid and esters.

Organoboron compounds are highly important and versatile synthetic intermediates for the preparation of a wide range of organic molecules. Organoboron compounds have drawn significant attention among organic chemists due to their Lewis acidic property, non-toxicity, and commercial availability. Over the last several decades, there has been a substantial development of new organoboron compounds, useful in organic synthesis. Among all other organoboron compounds, β-boryl carbonyl compounds are the important ones. The β-boryl compounds have appeared as promising intermediates for various synthetic transformations. The 1,4-conjugate addition of diboron reagents to carbon-carbon double bond in the presence of different transition-metal catalysts has been extensively reported by various research groups across the globe. This mini-review outlines the numerous racemic as well as asymmetric β-borylation methods developed to date.

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Long-standing taboos and conventions are a feature of Indian civilization, and they are closely related to education. Their relationship is quite complicated and has a "chicken or the egg" nature. These two allow people to express themselves. The taboos and rituals expose the people’s indigenous religious faith and vast unheard cultural heritage. The practice of these in the society plays a kind of educative purpose to nurture the newly sprung young minds and thus these taboos and conventions reshape as well as remold the society. These are prevalent in India's Northeastern tribal society. This tribal populated land is most diverse, the cultural cauldron of India. Within Northeast India, Naga life is fully submerged in the sea of taboos that includes taboo relating to birth, death, agriculture, marriage, war etc. Each and every activity of them is bound by taboo. In a nutshell, taboo acts as an authority to determine a person's course in life. It even defines their social and cultural life. The understanding of the taboos of the Naga world is the key to unlock the treasure of the Nagas’ knowledge reservoir. The researcher through the present article will try to highlight the everyday life of the Naga tribe and in addition will focus on the educative purpose of these in the society. The present paper is solely based on the Naga novel, The Sky is My Father.