Front Cover: Dehydrative Allylation between Aldehydes and Allylic Alcohols through Synergistic N‐Heterocyclic Carbene/Palladium Catalysis (Chem. Eur. J. 3/2019)

Abstract

Synergistic cooperation of thiazolium N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst and a palladium catalyst enabled the dehydrative direct allylation between aldehydes and allylic alcohols to produce β,γ-unsaturated ketones. The cover picture depicts a similar relationship between anemone fish and sea anemone living cooperatively in their natural environment. More information can be found in the Communication by H. Ohmiya et al. on page 724.