Cover Feature: Migration of <i>para</i>‐Nitrophenyl Groups in Methyl Pyranosides: Configuration and Conformation Determine the Kinetics (Chem. Eur. J. 66/2024)

The Cover Feature shows a race between different sugars in which a para-nitrophenyl (PNP) substituent must be transferred from the start to the finish line. The rate constants of the substituents′ migration are represented by animals (and a stone). The track itself has a bump that represents the energy barrier of the migration. Thus, the cover sums up our work investigating PNP migration for different sugars, which yielded the rate constants and energy barriers. We also performed theoretical studies on the mechanism and its energetic profile. More information can be found in the Research Article by L. M. Friedrich, C. Lütjohann, B. Hartke and T. K. Lindhorst (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403117).