Front Cover Picture: Synthesis of 2-Substituted Quinolines via Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation of Imidamides and Coupling with Cyclopropanols (Adv. Synth. Catal. 10/2017).

The front cover picture, provided by Xingwei Li and co ‐ workers, illustrates an efficient synthesis of 2 ‐ substituted quinolines from readily available cyclopropanols and imidamides, which has been developed with the cyclopropanol acting as a C3 synthon. With the assistance of a bifunctional imidamide directing group, the reaction occurred via sequential C−H/C−C cleavage and C−C/C−N bond formation. Details can be found in the communication on pages 1620 – 1625 (X. Zhou, Z. Qi, S. Yu, L. Kong, Y. Li, W. ‐ F. Tian, X. Li, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 1620 – 1625; DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201601278). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]