SOS Editors

Science of Synthesis (SOS) Is Edited by the Most Renowned Chemists Working in the Field of Organic Synthesis

Learn more about the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board and our volume editors.

Visual SOS Board of Editors as of 1 April 2026

Editorial Board

Meet the international editorial board with experts from industry and academia:

Prof. Erick M. Carreira (Executive Editor)

ETH Zurich,
Switzerland

Dr. Margaret Faul

AMGEN Inc.,
USA

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Prof. Shu Kobayashi

University of Tokyo,
Japan

Dr. Guido Koch

Amphilix AG,
Switzerland

Prof. Cristina Nevado

University of Zurich,
Switzerland

Prof. David Sarlah

Rice University,
USA

Prof. Mariola Tortosa

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Spain

Prof. Tehshik P. Yoon

University of Wisconsin–Madison,
USA

Prof. Shu-Li You

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry,
P. R. of China

SOS Volume Editors

List of Science of Synthesis volume editors in alphabetical order:

Volume Editor	Topics
R. Alan Aitken	Five‑Membered Hetarenes with Three or More Heteroatoms
Mark C. Bagley	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with One N or P Atom
Klaus Banert	Nitro, Nitroso, Azo, Azoxy, and Diazonium Compounds, Azides, Triazenes, and Tetrazenes	Compounds with Four C–Heteroatom Bonds (X–C≡X, X=C=X, X2C=X, CX4)
Albrecht Berkessel	Peroxides
David StC. Black	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with One N or P Atom
Mogens Brondsted Nielsen	Ketene Acetals and Yne‑X Compounds
M. Kevin Brown	Ketenes and Derivatives
Reinhard Brückner	Aldehydes
Jean‑Marc Campagne	Acid Halides; Carboxylic Acids, Esters, and Lactones; Peroxy Acids; R(CO)OX (X = S, Se, Te)
Erick M. Carreira	Five‑Membered Hetarenes with Two N or P Atoms	Acid Halides; Carboxylic Acids, Esters, and Lactones; Peroxy Acids; R(CO)OX (X = S, Se, Te)
André B. Charette	Thio‑, Seleno‑, and Tellurocarboxylic Acids, and Derivatives	Iminic Acids and Derivatives; Ortho Acid Derivatives
Mathias Christmann	Amines and Ammonium Salts / Amine N‑Oxides, Haloamines, Hydroxylamines and Sulfur Analogues, and Hydrazines
Jonathan P. Clayden	Alcohols
Paul A. Clarke	Ethers
Janine Cossy	Ketones
Rick L. Danheiser	Ketenes and Derivatives
Armin de Meijere	Alkenes	Ketene Acetals and Yne–X Compounds
Johannes G. de Vries	Aldehydes	Alcohols
Steven Diver	1,3‑Dienes
Adrian Dobbs	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with One Chalcogen
Tim J. Donohoe	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with One N or P Atom
Jozef Drabowicz	Ene–X Compounds (X = S, Se, Te, N, P)	Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium
Dieter Enders	Amines and Ammonium Salts / Amine N‑Oxides, Haloamines, Hydroxylamines and Sulfur Analogues, and Hydrazines
Elena Fernández	Boron Compounds
Laurent Ferrié	Peroxides
Ian Fleming	Silicon Compounds and Compounds with As, Sb, Bi
Craig J. Forysth	Ethers
Alois Fürstner	Small‑Ring Heterocycles and Monocyclic Five‑Membered Hetarenes with One Heteroatom
Fabien Gagosz	Compounds of Groups 12 and 11 (Zn, Cd, Hg, Cu, Ag, Au)
Tom L. Gilchrist	Five‑Membered Hetarenes with Three or More Heteroatoms
Axel G. Griesbeck	Quinones and Heteroatom Analogues
Dennis Hall	Boron Compounds
Henk Hiemstra	Alkanes
Henning Hopf	Polyynes, Arynes, Enynes, and Alkynes
Zheng Huang	Alkanes
Tsuneo Imamoto	Compounds of Groups 7–3 (Mn..., Cr..., V..., Ti..., Sc..., La..., Ac...)
Kazuaki Ishihara	Compounds of Groups 13 and 2 (Al, Ga, In, Tl, Be ... Ba)
Xuefeng Jiang	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with One Chalcogen	Thio‑, Seleno‑, and Tellurocarboxylic Acids, and Derivatives; Iminic Acids and Derivatives; Ortho Acid Derivatives
John A. Joule	Fused Five‑Membered Hetarenes with One Heteroatom
Nobuaki Kambe	Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium
Dieter E. Kaufmann	Boron Compounds
Julian G. Knight	Compounds with Four C–Heteroatom Bonds (X–C≡X, X=C=X, X2C=X, CX4)
Sergey A. Kozmin	1,3‑Dienes
Norbert Krause	Compounds of Groups 12 and 11 (Zn, Cd, Hg, Cu, Ag, Au)	Cumulenes and Allenes
Mark Lautens	Compounds with Transition Metal–Carbon π‑Bonds and Compounds of Groups 10–8 (Ni, Pd, Pt, Co, Rh, Ir, Fe, Ru, Os)
Chao‑Jun Li	Polyynes, Arynes, Enynes, and Alkynes
Jie Jack Li	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with Two Identical Heteroatoms	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with Two Unlike or More than Two Heteroatoms; Fully Unsaturated Larger‑Ring Heterocycles
Guosheng Liu	Alkenes
Renzo Luisi	Compounds of Group 1 (Li ... Cs)
Shengming Ma	Cumulenes and Allenes
Gerhard Maas	Small‑Ring Heterocycles and Monocyclic Five‑Membered Hetarenes with One Heteroatom
Marek Majewski	Compounds of Group 1 (Li ... Cs)
Ilan Marek	Compounds of Groups 7–3 (Mn..., Cr..., V..., Ti..., Sc..., La..., Ac...)
Christoph Marschner	Compounds of Group 14 (Ge, Sn, Pb)
Stephen Marsden	Ketones
Francois Mathey	Organophosphorous Compounds
Donald S. Matteson	Boron Compounds
Gary A. Molander	Ene‑X Compounds (X = S, Se, Te, N, P)
Mark Moloney	Compounds of Group 14 (Ge, Sn, Pb)
Jean‑Luc Montchamp	Organophosphorous Compounds
Johann Mulzer	X–Ene–X (X = F, Cl, Br, I, O, S, Se, Te, N, P)	Ene–Hal, and Ene–O Compounds
Shun‑Ichi Murahashi	Nitriles, Isocyanides, and Derivatives
Toshiaki Murai	Acetals: O/N, S/S, S/N, and N/N and Higher Heteroatom Analogues
Reinhard Neier	Five‑Membered Hetarenes with Two N or P Atoms
Michael North	Nitriles, Isocyanides, and Derivatives
Martin Oestreich	Silicon Compounds and Compounds with As, Sb, Bi
Ian O'Neil	Compounds of Groups 12 and 11 (Zn, Cd, Hg, Cu, Ag, Au)
Junzo Otera	Acetals: O/N, S/S, S/N, and N/N and Higher Heteroatom Analogues
Albert Padwa	Heteroatom Analogues of Aldehydes and Ketones
James S. Panek	Acid Halides; Carboxylic Acids, Esters, and Lactones; Peroxy Acids; R(CO)OX (X = S, Se, Te)
Jean‑François Paquin	Fluorine
Jonathan M. Percy	Fluorine
E. James Petersson	Amides and Derivatives; Peptides, Lactams
Bernd Plietker	Compounds with Transition Metal–Carbon π‑Bonds and Compounds of Groups 10–8 (Ni, Pd, Pt, Co, Rh, Ir, Fe, Ru, Os)
David J. Procter	Acetals: Hal/X and O/O, S, Se, Te
Christopher A. Ramsden	Arene–X Compounds (X = Hal, O, S, Se, Te, N, P)
Viresh H. Rawal	1,3‑Dienes
Hans‑Ulrich Reißig	X–Ene–X (X = F, Cl, Br, I, O, S, Se, Te, N, P)	Ene–Hal, and Ene–O Compounds
Sophie Rousseaux	Nitriles, Isocyanides, and Derivatives
Ernst Schaumann	Amines and Ammonium Salts / Amine N‑Oxides, Haloamines, Hydroxylamines and Sulfur Analogues, and Hydrazines	Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine Five‑Membered Hetarenes with One Chalcogen and One Additional Heteroatom Heteroatom Analogues of Aldehydes and Ketones
Yian Shi	Ethers
Jay Siegel	Monocyclic Arenes, Quasiarenes, and Annulenes	Aromatic Ring Assemblies, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Conjugated Polyenes
Victor Snieckus	Compounds of Group 1 (Li ... Cs)
Ivo Starý	Arenes, Quasiarenes, Annulenes, and Polyenes
Patrick G. Steel	Ketones
Brian Stoltz	Compounds with Transition Metal–Carbon π‑Bonds and Compounds of Groups 10–8 (Ni, Pd, Pt, Co, Rh, Ir, Fe, Ru, Os)
Richard C. Storr	Five‑Membered Hetarenes with Three or More Heteroatoms
Michal Szostak	Amides and Derivatives; Peptides, Lactams
Marc Taillefer	Amines and Ammonium Salts / Amine N‑Oxides, Haloamines, Hydroxylamines and Sulfur Analogues, and Hydrazines
Alexander O. Terent’ev	Peroxides
E. Jim Thomas	Fused Five‑Membered Hetarenes with One Heteroatom
Yoshito Tobe	Monocyclic Arenes, Quasiarenes, and Annulenes	Aromatic Ring Assemblies, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Conjugated Polyenes
Qian Wan	Acetals: Hal/X and O/O, S, Se, Te
Ming Wang	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with One Chalcogen	Thio‑, Seleno‑, and Tellurocarboxylic Acids, and Derivatives; Iminic Acids and Derivatives; Ortho Acid Derivatives
Stuart L. Warriner	Acetals: Hal/X and O/O, S, Se, Te
Steven M. Weinreb	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with Two Unlike or More than Two Heteroatoms; Fully Unsaturated Larger‑Ring Heterocycles	Amides and Derivatives; Peptides, Lactams
Thomas Wirth	Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine
John P. Wolfe	Arene–X Compounds (X = Hal, O, S, Se, Te, N, P)
Hisashi Yamamoto	Compounds of Groups 13 and 2 (Al, Ga, In, Tl, Be ... Ba)
Yoshinori Yamamoto	Six‑Membered Hetarenes with Two Identical Heteroatoms
Juntao Ye	Cumulenes and Allenes
Larry Yet	Five‑Membered Hetarenes with One Chalcogen and One Additional Heteroatom	Fused Five‑Membered Hetarenes with One Heteroatom
Miguel A. Yus Astiz	Compounds of Group 1 (Li ... Cs)
Samir Zard	Nitro, Nitroso, Azo, Azoxy, and Diazonium Compounds, Azides, Triazenes, and Tetrazenes