Dearomatization Strategies in the Synthesis of Complex Carbo- and Heterocyclic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Dearomatization has become a challenging research topic in modern synthetic organic chemistry as well as one of the most powerful methods for the conversion of simple aromatic substrates into diverse structurally complex systems. This approach delivers more concise synthetic routes to target molecules due to a considerable increase in complexity at the dearomatization step. This appears very useful, in particular, for the total synthesis of natural products as well as pharmaceutically oriented hybrid compounds.

In this Special Issue, original research papers and high-quality reviews on the application of the dearomatization approach are welcome. This Special Issue will focus on research advances and developments in dearomatization strategies toward various condensed, spiroconjugated carbo- and heterocyclic skeletons made directly from simple and readily available (hetero)aromatics.

Dr. Alexey M. Starosotnikov
Dr. Maxim A. Bastrakov
Dr. Igor L. Dalinger
Guest Editors

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