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Rupee falls 2 paise to all-time low of 84.40 against U.S. dollar in early trade

Forex traders said the rupee is expected to trade between 83.80 and 84.50 in the medium term with the Reserve Bank of India likely limiting any significant downside




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Rupee slips 1 paisa to close at fresh all-time low of 84.39 against U.S. dollar

A SBI research report on November 11, 2024 said that the rupee may depreciate 8-10% against the US dollar during the Trump 2.0 regime.




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What does winter melt hold this time round?




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Mudinja Ivana Pudi: Mixed doubles

The film tries to subvert the classic evil-twin template.




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Ben Hur: Chariots of boredom

Even the cinematic feat of evoking pathos cannot make up for Ben-Hur’s failure to resonate with its viewer.




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War Dogs review: Guns and posers

Jonah Hill, who reportedly has put on more weight for this part, is a riot each time he’s raging, which is almost through the whole film.




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Don't Breathe: when prey turns predator

A chilling, thrilling twist on the home invasion genre leaves you rooting for the bad guys.




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Neer Dose: Serving up a heavy dose of misogyny




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Doctor Strange: special effects and a great story

‘Doctor Strange’ is a subverted superhero film with plenty to look and laugh at.




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Naruda Donoruda: So near and yet so far

‘Naruda Donoruda’ is an earnest attempt, but seems a little forced




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Force 2: Do not put the thinking cap on!

Abhinay Deo just wants to please us with long chases and car crashes, bullets and blood.




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'Hannah Gadsby: Douglas' review: After 'Nanette', the extraordinary mind of Gadsby strikes again

The Australian’s charisma lies in her ability to be excruciatingly vulnerable to an audience with a swagger that’s both self-assured and relatable




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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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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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Real estate transactions drop 71% in Q3 2024, private equity dominates

Despite the overall fall, the number of deals rose 5% quarter-on-quarter and 54% year-on-year, with a potential revival in Q4. 




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Interarch Building Products plans to double turnover to ₹2,500 cr by 2028

The company, which got listed recently, clocked a turnover of ₹1,293 crore in FY24




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Alluring golu dolls beckon visitors

Price ranges from Rs.50 to Rs.16,000; 10% discount up for grabs




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Zardozi Embroidery

A pantheon of craftsmen and their art are on display at Kaivalam, under way in Chennai. Rashmi R.D. introduces us to some Living Legends of Indian crafts. Meet Mohammad Bilal




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The season of dolls

Mysore during Dussehra becomes a haven for doll-makers




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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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Channapatna dolls come a-knocking: Karthik Vaidyanathan brings his store, Varnam, to Chennai

At Varnam, entrepreneur Karthik Vaidyanathan brings innovative creations by Karnataka’s Channapatna artisans to Chennai, from traditional toys to home decor pieces



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Pyrrolylsulfonium salts: stable, accessible and versatile pseudohalides for Stille couplings

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01793E, Research Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Jodie L. Hann, Catherine L. Lyall, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn, Simon E. Lewis
Pyrroles functionalised with a thianthrenium or diphenylsulfonium group undergo Stille couplings with aryl or alkynyl stannanes in good yields, avoiding the issues of instability that can hamper the use of the analogous pyrrolyl halides.
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Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of indene-1-acetates via sequential double carbopalladation and aryloxycarbonylation

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01570C, Research Article
Fei Sun, Yiyi Zheng, Zhongyao Jiang, Mingxia Wu, Zeng Lv, Hongsen Ji, Xin-Xing Wu
A novel palladium-catalyzed cascade reaction of o-iodostyrenes, internal alkynes and formates to access various indene-1-acetates through sequential double carbopalladation and aryloxycarbonylation under a palladium/air system was developed.
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Visible-light excited copper activating unactivated alkyl iodides for radical addition/cyclization to access oxindole derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6380-6384
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01329H, Research Article
Hang Luo, Fangnian Yu, Luqing Lin
The photocopper catalyst facilitates halogen atom transfer to give unactivated alkyl radicals, which is critical for achieving radical cyclization in the absence of an exogenous photocatalyst.
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Chiral synthetic unprecedented spiro[indoline-2,3'-thiophen]-3-ones via an organocatalytic asymmetric sulfa-Michael/aldol cascade reaction

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6426-6436
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01551G, Research Article
Mao Zhang, Xing-Hai Fei, Gui-Ping Yang, Cheng Lin, Wen-Jie Li, Ming-Liang Rao, Meng Zhou, Chong Zhao, Bin He, Yong-Long Zhao
A cinchona-derived squaramide-catalyzed asymmetric sulfa-Michael/aldol cascade reaction of 2-ylideneoxindoles with 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol was developed to realize the chiral synthesis of spiro[indoline-2,3'-thiophen]-3-ones.
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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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Shining light on sulfonium salts and sulfur ylides: recent advances in alkylation under photoredox catalysis

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6573-6588
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01644K, Review Article
Zhe Jin, Tingwei Yu, Hui Wang, Penghao Jia, You Huang
Recent advancements in photoredox alkylation with sulfur ylides, sulfonium salts and related analogues are summarized in this review.
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Copper(II)-catalyzed synthesis of sulfonyl-functionalized quinone-fused cyclopenta[b]indoles via four-component cascade annulation

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01560F, Research Article
Hong Xu, Jie Liao, Fei Ren, Chuan-Rong Zhou, Xiao-Zhuo Liu, Yao Xiao, Dong-Wei Hang, Fuyu Li, Bei Wang, Ji-Yu Wang
Through crucial selective radical tandem process and intramolecular nucleophilic addition, a facile copper-catalyzed four-component cascade has been realized to selectively construct novel sulfonyl-functionalized quinone-fused cyclopenta[b]indole.
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Regio- and stereoselective azidation of activated N-allenamides: an entry to α, β, γ and δ-amido-azides

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01802H, Research Article
Dorian Schutz, Maxime Hourtoule, Laurence Miesch
A totally controlled regiodivergent azidation of activated N-allenamides is described, offering a broad range of diverse functionalized amido-azide derivatives.
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Catalyst-free C–H methylation of heteroarenes enabled by electron donor–acceptor complex photoactivation

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01309C, Research Article
Jiayang Wang, Baoer Shao, Haixia Ge, Huiyu Xue, Xiangyuan Ding, Yuqi Li, Peiyao Sheng
A visible-light-induced direct C–H methylation of heterocycles (including quinoxalinones, pyrazinones, quinolinones and coumarins) with methylamines via EDA complex photoactivation was developed.
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A Stereoselective Organocatalyzed C-Glycosylation of Indole: Implications of Acceptor-Catalyst-Donor Interaction

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01873G, Research Article
Lihuang Xie, Wenchao Liu, Zhenbo Guo, Qinbo Jiao, Xiaomin Shen, Tianfei Liu, Chunfa Xu
A stereoselective pyridinium hexafluorophosphate-catalyzed C-glycosylation of indole is presented, featuring the plausible formation of a catalyst-acceptor complex and a crucial H-bond between the indole N-H and the oxygen at C6...
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Thiocyanoalkylation of Alkenes via Dual Photoredox and Copper Catalysis

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01864H, Research Article
Xu Wang, Bi-Yin Xiao, Qi-Xuan Jiang, Wei Huang, Feng-Hua Zhang
Organic thiocyanates are commonly used as an essential organic synthesis intermediate and widely present in various drug molecules and bioactive molecules. Herein, a copper and photoredox catalyzed thiocyanoalkylation reaction of...
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Stereocontrolled synthesis of heterocycles from unactivated alkynes by photoredox/nickel dual-catalyzed cyclization

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01627K, Research Article
Bo-Rong Leng, Feng Yang, Jin-Lian Bai, Yu-Wen Huang, Qing-Quan Liu, Ping Wei, De-Cai Wang, Yi-Long Zhu
We report a nickel/photoredox dual catalysis method for synthesizing heterocyclics from unactivated alkynes and aryl iodides, offering a direct, selective, and green alternative to traditional synthesis with potential in medicinal chemistry.
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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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Influence of hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking on the self-assembly of aryldipyrrolidones

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01577K, Research Article
Open Access
Pedro Ximenis, Llorenç Rubert, Heike Ehmann, Bartolome Soberats
We report on the self-assembly behaviour in solution and solid-state of two newly designed bisdendronized aryldipyrrolidones (BDP and NDP) dyes with two free N-H at the lactam positions. Interestingly, while...
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Usha Rk on the visual splendour of Adi Shankaracharya’s Ashtakams

Usha Rk, former director of Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Center (JNCC) of the Embassy of India in Moscow, shares her vision of bringing Adi Shankaracharya’s Ashtakams to life through a dance form




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HMWS&SB website taken down after reported hacking

Hyderabad Water Board website down for maintenance after redirection to unauthorised sites, no impact on regular services




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Varun Tej: ‘Matka’ entertains but does not glorify the gambler

Actor Varun Tej discusses his new Telugu film ‘Matka’, a fictional tale inspired by Ratan Khatri, set in Visakhapatnam of the 1960s and 70s




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Charitable trust donates furniture to flood-affected residential school in Khammam




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U.S. doctors explore institutional collaboration with NIMS




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Man held for damaging idol at temple in Shamshabad




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Fire engulfs two scrap godowns




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IND vs NZ third Test: India shoots itself in the foot after dominating most of the day

A combination of reckless batting and decision-making undoes all the good work done by Jadeja and Washington in restricting New Zealand to a modest 235




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AUS-A vs IND-A Test: Sai Sudharsan, Padikkal do the rescue job

Lead fightback for India-A with half-centuries after Mukesh restricts Australia-A with incisive spell; visiting team secures 120-run lead at end of day two




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India vs New Zealand, 3rd Test, Day 2: Spinners dominate, time for batters to salvage pride; Test poised for exciting finish

New Zealand ended day two with an overall lead of 143, which might look small but even a target in the vicinity of 150 will pose serious challenge for the Indian batters




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IND vs NZ third Test: Don’t know how the Pant decision was overturned, says Rohit Sharma

New Zealand captain Tom Latham stated his troupe was confident it had heard two sounds.




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Border-Gavaskar trophy: Captain Rohit Sharma doubtful for Perth Test

Rohit along with a large India squad will depart for Perth in two batches – on November 10 and 11 – and the captain may come back home for a while due to personal reasons.




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Ball-change controversy involving Kishan dominates India A's 7-wicket loss to Australia A

Resuming at the overnight score of 139 for 3 while chasing 225, skipper Nathan McSweeney (88 not out) and Beau Webster (61) remained unbeaten, stitching unconquered 141 runs for the fourth wicket to ensure the comfortable win for the hosts.




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The building and breaching of Fortress India: chronicling a cycle of cricket dominance

India was invincible at home for 12 years, winning 18 consecutive Test series before New Zealand snapped the record streak in a historic clean sweep. What went into the making of the unbeaten run, what are the consequences of defeat and what does the future look like?




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'Don'ts' at the interview

There are pointers on what one must do while preparing for an interview. Here is what one should avoid.