Special Collection on Boron Chemistry

In this Guest Editorial, Varinder Aggarwal, Zuowei Xie and Hajime Ito introduce the joint EurJOC/AsianJOC special collection on boron chemistry, which features original research review articles synthesis applications of organoboron compounds from researchers around world. This Special Collection From materials chemistry to pharmaceuticals, continue play a major role. Although topic may seem like fairly mature field, continues flourish unabated. Its use in enabling formation C−C bonds remains dominant feature its primarily through Suzuki-Miyaura couplings. But asymmetric Matteson-type reactions has also flourished. Much utility stems ability transform them into myriad alternative functional groups, usually with perfect stereospecificity. occurs because is rather temperamental atom, as although it 3 it, hungry for 4th, but then when gets 4th substituent, one groups migrates neighboring group houses leaving group, returning trivalent state. The great beauty that can orchestrate these movements high selectivity precision. With emergence new technologies visible-light photochemistry, simple-to-set-up electrochemistry opportunities emerge where fields are brought door transformations be achieved. There no doubt, field will thrive evolve benefit whole society. provides taster some directions move breadth variety research. opinions expressed publication view authors do not necessarily reflect or views European Journal Organic Chemistry, Publisher, Chemistry Europe, affiliated editors. K. Aggarwal studied at Cambridge University received his Ph.D. 1986 under guidance Dr. Stuart Warren. After postdoctoral studies (1986-1988) Prof. Gilbert Stork, Columbia University, he returned UK Lecturer Bath University. 1991 moved Sheffield was promoted Professor 1997. 2000 Bristol holds Chair Synthetic Chemistry. He elected Fellow Royal Society 2012. pursued PhD program between Shanghai Institute Technische Universität Berlin co-supervision Profs. Yao-Zeng Huang, Changtao Qian H. Schumann, earned 1990. work (1991-1995) C. A. Reed Southern California, took up an Assistant Professorship Chinese Hong Kong 1995, appointed Choh-Ming Li 2013. Science Technology 2022 Professor. been Member Academy Sciences since 2017. obtained supervision late Yoshihiko Ito. served Tsukuba collaborating Akira Hosomi, before moving Molecular Science. 2001, worked associate Kim D. Janda's Scripps Research Institute. following year, became Associate Hokkaido Masaya Sawamura. 2010, full same university. 2018, vice director WPI-ICReDD