Hypervalent iodine reagents are intensively used in organic chemistry

7th International Conference on Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry (ICHIC 7)

Photochemical Deracemization of 3-Substituted Oxindoles
Racemate successfully converted into enantiomerically pure or enriched material in the presence of a chiral benzophenone catalyst

Total Synthesis of Chaetoglobin A
Dimeric alkaloid from a fungus has a chiral axis connecting two azaphilone systems

Clarity with Tiny Drug Crystals
Elusive structure of the antihistamine Levocetirizine determined by electron diffraction

8th International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry
Reporting on research progress in semiconductor photochemistry and photocatalysis

Gold-Catalyzed Reaction Gives Antitumor-Active Spirocyclic Oxindoles
Formal cycloaddition reaction of terminal alkynes or ynamides with isatin-derived ketimines

Synthesis of Bis-Benzofulvenes
Route from gem-dibromoolefins via bromobenzofulvene intermediates

Phosphine Oxide-Substituted Cyclam Ligand Synthesized
Ligand with high selectivity for Cu(II) over competing divalent cations

Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling of Heteroarenes and Arenols
Pivalic anhydride used as an in-situ activating reagent in C−H/C−OH coupling

Alkene Insertion into Carbon–Halogen Bonds Enabled by Aggregation
Ionic insertion without additional catalysts or promoters