2-Bromothiophene → 2,2':5',2'',5'',2'''-Quaterthiophene

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5,5′-bis(tributylstannyl)-2,2′-bithiophene (2.16 g, 2.90 mmol) was dissolved in dry DMF (45 mL) and transferred via cannula to Pd(PPh3)4 (0.101 g, 0.087 mmol) in a Schlenk flask. 2-bromothiophene (1.14 g, 6.96 mmol) was added via syringe and the solution was degassed with nitrogen. Reaction was then heated to 90° C. for 18 hours. Reaction was quenched with water, extracted with chloroform (3×), and the combined organics washed with brine. Organics were dried with magnesium sulfate and concentrated by rotary evaporator yielding crude material as a waxy orange solid. The solid was recrystallized from boiling toluene and collected by filtration. Filtered solid was then redissolved in boiling chloroform and stirred with activated charcoal for 15 minutes. The charcoal was removed by filtering through celite and the chloroform removed by rotary evaporator to yield product as a yellow solid (0.676 g, 2.05 mmol, 70%). Characterization data matches literature. Z. H. Li, et al., Org. Lett. 9:3659-3662 (2007).

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