Cover Feature: Iso‐Pentadienyl Carbonate as a Five Carbon Synthon in Manganese(I)‐Catalyzed Selective Linear 1,3‐Dienylation (Chem. Eur. J. 54/2023)

In the realm of chemical synthesis, a child envisioned an adventurous journey of manganese(I) catalysis full of obstacles, like the distant howls of wolves echoing through the night, with the ultimate goal of finding a general route to discover a linear, selective C−H dienylation method that leads to electron-rich and electron-poor dienes, glycoconjugates, and unnatural amino acids. The synthetic application of this method is also eased to deliver the tricyclic core of Nagilactone. More information can be found in the Research Article by P. Subramanian and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301632).