JOC Publication of the Year Lectureship Award

The Journal of Organic Chemistry (JOC) Outstanding Publication of the Year Award Lectureship will be awarded for an outstanding article published in JOC in a calendar year-either in an issue or ASAP-that demonstrates creativity and impact in the field of organic chemistry, broadly based. Special consideration will be given to the originality and impact of the article. The winning corresponding author will present at the Fall ACS National Meeting.

Sponsorship of the JOC Publication Award:

The award is sponsored by The Journal of Organic Chemistry and the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry.

Nature of the Award:

The corresponding author of the recognized article will receive an 1) an award plaque, 2) an honorarium of US $2,000, and 3) travel funds to attend and present at the ACS Fall National Meeting.

Eligibility:

• Nominated articles must have been published in JOC within the corresponding calendar year either in an issue or ASAP.
• Self-nominations and nominations of work authored by JOCEditors will not be accepted.
• Co-authors are eligible to submit nominations.

Nominations and Additional Info:

See the 2025 Award Page (for publications in 2024). The nomination deadline is December 31, 2024

Recent Recipients:

• 2024 – The research group of Fernanda Duarte and James A. Bull from the University of Oxford and Imperial College London for “Visible Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Alkylation of 3-Aryl-Oxetanes and Azetidines via Benzylic Tertiary Radicals and Implications of Benzylic Radical Stability“
• 2023 – The research group of Christine M. Le, York University, Canada, for “Synthesis of Carbamoyl Fluorides Using a Difluorophosgene Surrogate Derived from Difluorocarbene and Pyridine N-Oxides“
• 2022 – The research group of Ju Hyun Kim, Gyeongsang National University, for “Transition Metal-Free, Methoxide-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyridoindolones“
• 2021 – The research groups of Xin Hong (Zhejiang University) and Elizabeth Jarvo (University of California, Irvine) for “Engaging Sulfonamides: Intramolecular Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reaction of Sulfonamides with Alkyl Chlorides”
• 2020 – David Nagib, The Ohio State University, for “Development of an Imine Chaperone for Selective C–H Functionalization of Alcohols via Radical Relay”
• 2019 – Scott Denmark, University of Illinois, for “Catalytic Nucleophilic Allylation Driven by the Water-Gas Shift Reaction”
• 2018 – Masayuki Inoue, University of Tokyo, for “Total Synthesis and Biological Mode of Action of WAP-8294A2: A Menaquinone-Targeting Antibiotic”
• 2017 – Melodie Christensen, Merck, for “Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Methyl-β-cyclopropyldihydrocinnamates”
• 2016 – Jeffrey S. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for “Asymmetric Total Synthesis of the Indole Diterpene Alkaloid Paspaline”