Front Cover: Synthesis and Application of Monofluoroalkyl Building Blocks: α‐Halo‐α‐fluoroketones (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 32/2022)

Abstract

The Front Cover quotes a Chinese fairy tale “Journey to the West”. Sun wukong, a famous Chinese mythological character with great ability was compared to the reaction carrier, which could conduct the reaction and gave the important halofluoroketone reagent. Then, the reagent rode on a Kintoun cloud, which represents the transformation and carries the C−F bond to the top of Mount Everest. More information can be found in the Research Article by J. Wu, F. Wu et al.

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Five‐membered Nitrogen Heterocycles Induced by Palladium Ions and Complexes

“…Cheng, Zheng, and co-workers have recently exploited the use of Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 and Xantphos (L15) to transform unactivated alkenes in intermolecular dicarbofunctionalization to form fluoroalkylated heterocycles using ethyl bromodifluoroacetate and other fluorinated reagents. [152] Dihydropyrroloindoles were isolated in medium to high yields (Scheme 128). Control experiments pointed to a radical mechanism and the involvement of carbon-centered radical species int-63.…”