The current report represents a transition‐metal‐free synthesis of oxazoline and isoxazoline derivatives by a tandem electro‐oxidative chalcogenation‐cyclization process. Both C−Se and C−S bond‐forming protocols were developed without using any external oxidant and the reaction was performed at room temperature, open to the air. Using this methodology, 29 substituted oxazoline and 16 substituted isoxazoline derivatives were synthesized with up to 91% isolated yield.

This study reveals cobalt-catalyzed sustainable synthesis of benzimidazoles by redox-economical coupling of onitroanilines and alcohols. The major advantage of this report is the use of a commercially available cheap cobalt catalyst to produce a wide variety of 2-substituted benzimidazoles by hydrogen autotransfer without using any additional external redox reagent and costly ligand system. A thorough mechanistic insight of the reaction is proposed by performing a series of control experiments.

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An efficient synthetic route for the construction of N 2 -aryl 1,2,3-triazoles is reported via sequential C−N bond formation and electro-oxidative N−N coupling under metal-free conditions. Readily accessible 2-aminoacrylates and aryldiazonium salts were used as starting materials, and the developed protocol displays excellent functional group tolerance, allowing an extensive range of substrate scope up to 91% isolated yield. Various mechanistic studies, along with the isolation of an intermediate adduct, refer to successive ionic and radical reaction sequences.N itrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds are among the most used structural motifs in biological and material sciences due to their diverse properties. 1 Specifically, N-aryl 1,2,3-triazoles are important molecular scaffolds present in various drugs and biologically active compounds like xanthine oxidase inhibitors, numerous antibacterial and anti-influenza agents, etc. (Figure 1). 2

An efficient approach for the synthesis of phenanthrene scaffolds by utilizing the dual catalytic activity of an organo-photocatalyst is documented. The controlled cascade transformation proceeds via in situ diazotization followed by olefin isomerization and subsequent arene radical generation through photoreduction. The overall process demonstrates both the photosensitization and photoredox properties of a single organo-photocatalyst and facilitates the desired intramolecular annulation with high precision and efficacy. In this context, the underexplored organocatalyst acridine orange base is employed and the photophysical interactions between the catalyst and the substrates along with the detailed reaction kinetics are documented.