Preface

Rapid advances in the field of Organic Chemistry have resulted over the last two decades in a growing number of high quality research articles; many of which cannot be published in a timely fashion because of the limited number of fast publication journals with the result that publications of important and urgent results are often delayed by a year or more. There was, therefore, an acute need of a journal, which would publish important results rapidly. Letters in Organic Chemistry is thus being launched to meet this need. Letters in Organic Chemistry will cover various dimensions of organic chemistry including synthetic, bioorganic, medicinal, natural product organometallic, supra-molecular, molecular recognition, and physico-organic chemistry. The emphasis will be on publishing quality papers very rapidly taking full advantage of Internet technology for both the submission and review of manuscripts. I am confident that the journal will soon become essential reading to all organic chemists both in academia and industry. There will be four issues of this journal published in 2004. The publication frequency of the journal will increase gradually in the years to come. The internationally eminent editorial board including such eminent authorities as K. Achiwa, M. Alajarin, F. Albericio, M.C. Aversa, D. Bai, R. Ballini, J.-P. Begue, C. Bolm, A. Brandi, J.B. Bremner, H. Budzikiewicz, K. Burger, L. Castedo, W. Chan, Y. Chapleur, C. Chatgilialoglu, I.G. Collado, F. Couty, M. D'Auria, B. Danieli, C.J. Dinsmore, G. Dupas, C.J. Easton, A.M. Echavarren, El S.H.El Ashry, D. Enders, R.R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate), A. Fernandez-Mayoralas, B.A.M. Figadere, F. Fulop, G. W.Gokel, V. Gotor, R. Gree, P.J. Guiry, P.E. Hansen, H. Heimgartner, T. Hirao, A.H. Hoveyda, T. Ishikawa, M. Ito, C.W. Jefford, Z. Kelman, R. Kerr, A. D.Kinghorn, W. Kitching, V.V. Kouznetsov, A. Kraszewski, E. Lete, C.-J. Li, H.-J. Liu, H.-w. Liu, J.W. Lown, F.A. Luzzio, A.P. Marchand, J.L. Marco, Y. Matsumura, M. Miyazawa, S. Mobashery, T.F. Molinski, K. Mori, A. Mourino, D.A. Mulholland, C.E. Müller, C. Najera, R. Neidlein, P.E. Nielsen, M. North, T. Okuda, F.L. Ortiz, L.A. Paquette, S.W. Pelletier, S. Penczek, Z. Peng, P. Proksch, G.-W. Qin, P. Rollin, V.M. Rotello, C. Roussel, D. Sciotto, M. Sekine, M. Shimizu, M.A. Sierra, P. Sinay, D. Sinou, D.W. Slocum, K. Soai, L. Szilagyi, T. Takahashi, T. Takeda, L.F. Tietze, M. Tori, K. Toshima, P. Vanelle, M.E. Welker, Z.J. Witczak, H.N.C. Wong, J. Xiao and M. Zanda will undoubtedly guide me in the editorial responsibilities and ensure the very highest standards. The opinions expressed by six Nobel Laureates can be reviewed at www.bentham.org / nobel, which reflect the excellent reputation that Bentham Science Publishers enjoy. I keenly look forward to a wide acceptance of this new journal by the community of organic chemists.