Front Cover: Light‐Driven Catalyst‐Free Access to Phthalazines: Entry to Antiviral Model Drugs by Merging Domino Reactions (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 5/2023)

Abstract

The Front Cover shows a light-induced enolization of o-methyl benzophenones/Diels–Alder reaction, combined with deprotection/aromatization steps in one pot toward new antiviral phthalazines. The Temple of Jupiter in the background is a colossal Roman temple in sunny Baalbek (Lebanon), that was dedicated to Jupiter Heliopolitanus, known as a SUN God. The columns of the temple on this cover picture represent the pillars of light-induced chemistry. Cover design and photo by S. B. Tsogoeva. More information can be found in the Research Article by S. B. Tsogoeva et al.