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Carl Zeiss to help 1,00,000 persons with nearsightedness in rural Karnataka

The German company inaugurated its maiden Global Capability Centre (GCC) in India in Bengaluru




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In South America, Trump already losing a trade battle with China




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'Shivaay': stylish with an archaic heart

The film turns out almost three hours long with just a wisp of a story.




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Adidas Switch FWD review | Switches forward by mending past and present

The Adidas Switch Fwd series effectively blends the soft EVA foam with the harder TPU plate to give a comfortably cushioned midsole for running on city roads




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Senior living faces a supply gap, with Tamil Nadu seen as a key growth area for the sector

CEOs of key firms, in conversation with businessline, discuss Tamil Nadu’s potential due to its large senior population




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Arihant partners with Empee Hotels to build new commercial space in Chennai

This project will integrate office space with hospitality services, says a release




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Bengaluru residential property micromarkets witness record hike in prices: Report

Prices in Bagaluru in North Bengaluru have surged by nearly 90 per cent in the past five years, while Whitefield has seen an 80 per cent rise in prices




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India in consultation with Indonesia at WTO over duty on ceramic tiles

Exports from India dipped since Indonesia imposed safeguard duties on the product




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L&T Construction reduces timelines by 50% with 3D printing technology

‘By using this technology, a villa project that would typically take 24 to 36 months can be completed in 12 months’




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ED attaches assets in EMAAR-MGF PMLA case; Hooda says he has nothing to do with it

It is alleged that Hooda had colluded with real estate to arrange land for them at cheaper rates




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Meghna Infracon expands portfolio with new Mumbai residential project 

The project aims to offer 1 and 2 BHK luxurious apartments, with construction already underway




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India’s housing market witnesses cooling trend as price surge crowds out buyers

Luxury home sales buck the trend of sequential slowdown, with houses priced above Rs one crore rupees accounting for nearly 40 per cent of the total home sales in the last quarter




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CREDAI’s strategic collaboration with IIMA unveils advanced real estate leadership programme

This initiative, exclusively available to senior management of CREDAI-affiliated real estate firms across India, aims to provide strategic insights and skills essential for navigating the challenges of the rapidly evolving real estate market.




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Housr plans to open around 30 co-living centres with 3,000 beds

Housr aims to have over 8,000 beds in 100 properties by March 2025




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WeHouse streamlines home construction with transparency, expands to Tier-II cities

By dividing the construction journey into 24 well-defined milestones, the startup provides clients with complete visibility into their projects, aligning payments with milestones to build trust




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Making art with a workman’s passion

Cedric Misquitch works nearly nine hours to handcraft a single leather wallet




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Business with a heart

Dharti Jute Emporium rides on the twin causes of women empowerment and spreading eco-awareness




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Moulded with clay, perfected by art

A group of artisans from West Bengal have been making Ganesh idols for the past 10 months at Indira Park for the SAVE group. Here’s a look at the art of making clay idols




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Woven with care




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Experimenting with beads

IT professional Anitha Sanju makes customised jewellery under the brand Glitter n’ Hues




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Catch up with the latest trends




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Do it with design

National Institute of Design’s annual Design Summit held in Delhi this week threw up a host of designer products




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Traditional Indian art is witnessing a contemporary makeover. And the art market is loving it

Tribal and traditional artists explore novel ways of storytelling, experimenting with colour, techniques and contemporary themes, to connect with younger, mainstream audiences




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Label Erode’s debut collection blends the GI-tagged jamakkalam with Jimi Hendrix’s music

How a Mumbai-based fashion label is reviving the GI-tagged Bhavani jamakkalam through its debut collection




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Photocatalytic hydrotrichloromethylation of unactivated alkenes with chloroform

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01496K, Research Article
Dawei Gong, Caiyu Gao, Qixuan Li, Yufei Li, Lina Zhao, Degong Kong
Trichloromethyl compounds are essential constituents in synthetic and medicinal chemistry.
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Shaping cycles with light: a regiodivergent approach to tetracyclic aza-aromatic compounds

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01606H, Research Article
Open Access
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Clara Mañas, Belén Ibarra, Estíbaliz Merino
We present a novel visible light-promoted regiodivergent cyclization, enabling the selective synthesis of distinct azapolyaromatic regioisomers from 2-alkynlazobenzenes.
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Visible-light heterogeneous photocatalysis with an ionic porous organic polymer (IPOP): synthesis of β-keto sulfoxides and benzothiophene diesters by tandem radical addition–oxidation reactions

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01382D, Research Article
Ajay Kumar Sahoo, Parag Tamuly, Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy
An IPOP, constructed constructed from cyanuric chloride and the readily accessible 2,5-di(pyridin-4-yl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (BpyTzTz), is shown to exhibit excellent visible light absorption and serve as a metal-free heterogeneous photocatalyst.
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Iron-catalyzed thiolation of C(sp3)–H with sulfonyl chlorides via photoinduced ligand-to-metal charge transfer

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01488J, Research Article
Sheng-Ping Liu, Lan Yang, Yan-Hong He, Zhi Guan
A photoinduced FeCl3/HCl synergistic catalytic method enables C(sp3)–S bond formation via reductive cross-coupling of activated/inert C(sp3)–H and aryl/alkyl sulfonyl chlorides through ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT).
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Palladium-catalyzed hydrocarbonylative cross-coupling with two different alkenes

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01312C, Research Article
Yi Chen, Jianing Wu, Yongzheng Ding, Hanmin Huang
Transition metal-catalyzed hydrocarbonylation of alkenes has been widely studied; however, the hydrocarbonylation reaction that took place between two alkenes has been largely unexplored.
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Mechanistic insight into the dehydrogenation reaction catalyzed by an MLC catalyst with dual ancillary ligand sites

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01767F, Research Article
Gui-Xiang Zhou, Cheng Hou
This study reveals a mechanism in which a ruthenium complex catalyst improves catalytic efficiency and lowers the energy barrier in the dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol by dynamically switching ligand sites.
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Synthesis of bambusurils with perfluoroalkylthiobenzyl groups as highly potent halide receptors

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01746C, Research Article
Open Access
Matúš Chvojka, Hennie Valkenier, Vladimír Šindelář
Four new fluorinated bambusuril macrocycles were prepared to show exceptional high binding affinity towards halide anions in acetonitrile.
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Photoinduced cobaloxime catalysis for allylic mono- and diphosphinylation of alkenes with hydrogen evolution

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01638F, Research Article
Aijun Zhang, Miao-Miao Li, Lei Guo, Huaixiang Yang, Jiefei Guo, Da Xu, Wei Ding
A highly efficient allylic radical mono- and diphosphinylation of alkenes with secondary phosphine oxides is developed, via visible-light-induced cobaloxime catalysis.
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Phosphine-controlled divergent reactions of MBH-carbonates with azaheptafulvenes: access to o-anilinyl diene and benzazepine derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6418-6425
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01298D, Research Article
Wei Hao, Yiwen Zhang, Xiao Han, Zhen Wang, Weijun Yao
A phosphine controlled divergent cascade reaction of MBH-carbonates with azaheptafulvenes was disclosed. PPh3 provided o-aminophenyl diene while PCy3 offered benzazepine derivative through formal [8 + 3] annulation/ring contraction cascade.
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A general method for E-selective olefination of acylsilanes with isocyanides via silver catalysis

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6450-6458
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01528B, Research Article
Xiu-Xia Liang, Dan-Ni Yang, Xiao-Hui Yan, Peng Wang, Man-Yi Han
A silver-catalyzed olefination reaction between acylsilanes and isocyanides is developed, resulting in E-vinylsilanes with good yields and high stereoselectivities.
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Nickel-catalysed enantioselective cross-electrophile coupling reaction with the retention of the β-fluorine atom

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6459-6469
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01555J, Research Article
Xin-Yi Shi, Xueyuan Yan, Xiaodong Tang, Shi-Jing Zhai, Genping Huang, Jun-An Ma, Fa-Guang Zhang
A nickel-catalysed enantioselective reductive cross-coupling reaction of a new monofluoromethyl building block with acid chlorides is developed to give chiral α-monofluoromethyl acyloin derivatives.
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Activation of donor–acceptor cyclopropanes under basic conditions: ring opening of 2-(p-siloxyaryl)cyclopropane 1,1-dicarboxylates with nitro compounds and other C-nucleophiles

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6483-6494
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01472C, Research Article
Yulia A. Antonova, Andrey A. Tabolin
A new activation mode for donor–acceptor cyclopropanes was proposed and implemented in their reaction with nitro compounds and other common C-nucleophiles.
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Anomalous magnetic behaviour induced by a structural phase transition with anisotropic thermal expansion in a spirodiradical

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6495-6502
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01098A, Research Article
Open Access
Takuya Kanetomo, Daigo Matsunaga, Shinichi Ogawa, Masaya Enomoto
A Ge-centred spirodiradical exhibited anomalous magnetic behaviour, influenced by two key structural factors: negative thermal expansion and a structural phase transition.
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Cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective reductive addition of ketimine with cyclopropyl chloride to construct chiral amino esters bearing cyclopropyl fragments

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6311-6318
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01474J, Research Article
Jiangtao Hu, Tingting Xia, Xianqing Wu, Hongrui Feng, Jingping Qu, Yifeng Chen
Co-catalyzed asymmetric reductive addition of ketimine with cyclopropyl chloride has been realized to access diverse chiral amino esters bearing cyclopropyl fragments with broad functional group tolerance and excellent enantioselectivities.
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Integrating electrocatalysis with biocatalysis for asymmetric synthesis

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01899K, Highlight
Yuqi Lin, Jiage Yu, Ke-Yin Ye
This highlight presents recent advances in asymmetric synthesis that integrate electrocatalysis with biocatalysis and discusses future development directions in this field.
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Palladium-catalyzed cascade decarboxylative cyclization of alkyne-tethered aryl iodides with o-bromobenzoic acids for the synthesis of fused isoquinolinones

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01573H, Research Article
Zhaolin Quan, Yubo Duan, Zhengkai Chen
A straightforward approach for the preparation of fused isoquinolinone derivatives via palladium-catalyzed cascade decarboxylative cyclization of alkyne-tethered aryl iodides with o-bromobenzoic acids is described.
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Synthesis of oxa-bridged carbocycles via rhodium/Lewis acid catalyzed [3 + 3] and [4 + 3] cycloadditions of carbonyl ylides with donor–acceptor strained carbocycles

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01831A, Research Article
Jiale Li, Lingfei Wang, Pei-Nian Liu, Xingguang Li
A method for cooperative rhodium/Lewis acid-catalyzed cycloadditions of carbonyl ylides with donor–acceptor (D–A) strained carbocycles is described. It affords structurally diverse oxa-bridged carbocycles with high efficiency and stereoselectivity.
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Intermolecular Defluorinative 1,2-Diamination of Fluoroalkenyl Iodides with Sulfonamides: Synthesis of Acyclic and Cyclic Fluorinated 1,2-Enediamines

Org. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01913J, Research Article
Xue-Qiang Chu, Yu-Lan Chen, Chi Zhang, Xue-Ying Huang, Yu Ding, Danhua Ge, Zhi-Liang Shen
Alkene diamination represents one of the most straightforward strategies for 1,2-diamine derivatives synthesis. However, transition-metal-free 1,2-diamination of fluoroalkenes has been less studied. Here we report an intermolecular defluorinative vicinal diamination...
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No more parties without permission: Telangana Excise Dept. to farmhouse owners




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U.S. doctors explore institutional collaboration with NIMS




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Telangana’s Dhanalakota Vaikuntam Nakash’s journey with Cheriyal art

The 64-year-old artist adapts to the times to narrate stories in the 400-year-old Cheriyal artform in new mediums




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KTR’s Delhi visit to lobby with BJP to save him in Formula-E race case: Congress




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Virat Kohli drops hints of completing 20 years with RCB

Virat Kohli has been playing for RCB ever since IPL's inception in 2008 and is the leading run-scorer in the competition, amassing over 8,000 runs




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IND vs NZ third Test: India takes a narrow lead, with the Test poised on a knife’s edge

Pant leads the way with an entertaining knock, while Gill is unlucky to miss his hundred; Azaz once again excels with a five-for to keep the Kiwis in the hunt on a turning track turning hostile for the batters with every passing hour




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RANJI TROPHY | Jalaj Saxena torments Uttar Pradesh with a five-wicket haul

CRICKET | Kerala seizes control as the off-spinner becomes the only player to score 6000 runs and take 400 wickets in the tournament after his latest five-wicket haul




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Ranji Trophy | Mulani puts Mumbai within striking distance of a big win against Odisha

The left-arm spinner’s six-wicket haul helps the defending champion secure a 317-run lead; Odisha in trouble at 126 for five after following on