Our recent paper published in Synlett (Phosphine-Catalysed Cyclisation of b-Hydroxy-a,a,Difluoroynones by M. Schuler et al. Synlett, 2009, 11, 1733-1736) has been highlighted in SYNFACTS (Issue 9/ p 964).

Lei Li was awarded a prize sponsored by OBC for the best Poster Presentation at the 9th RSC Fluorine Meeting held in Southampton on 17-18 September 2009.

Transition-Metal-Mediated Reactions for C(sp2)–F Bond Construction: the State of Play
John M. Brown, Véronique Gouverneur
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, Accepted for Publication

A New Departure in Fluorination Chemistry
V. Gouverneur
Science 2009, 325,  1630-1631

Recent Progress in the use of Fluoroorganic Compounds in Pericyclic Reactions
Y-h. Lam, S. J. Stanway, V. Gouverneur
Tetrahedron 2009, Accepted for Publication

Electrophilic Fluorocyclization of Allyl Silanes
S. C. Wilkinson, O. Lozano, M. Schuler, M. Pacheco, R. Salmon, V. Gouverneur
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7083-7086

Oxidative Detagging of Fluorous Organosilanes
S. Boldon, J. E. Moore, V. Gouverneur
J. Fluor. Chem.2009, In Press (By Invitation - Issue to celebrate the International Conference on Fluorine Chemistry ’09, Kyoto)