Tris(1,1-dimethylethyl)phosphine → 2,2':6',2''-Terpyridine

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Inside the glove box, 130 mg of PDI-Br (1 eq, Mw=665.62 gr/mole, n=1.95×104 mole) were weighed in a clean vial. 14.65 mg of Pd2(DBA)3, (0.05 eq) (10% mole, Mw=915.72 gr/mole, n=1.6×10−5 mole) & 10% mole of tri-(t-Butyl)phosphine (6.75 mg, Mw=211.3902 gr/mole) were added to PDI-Br dissolved in 10 ml of toluene. The mixture was stirred for 5 min & then added dropwise to a toluenic solution of Terpy-acetylene-tributylTin. According to the TLC, the reaction is completed in 2 h. Silica gel column chromatography resulted in 231 mg (Mw=918.09 gr/mole) of the product, Terpy-PDI(dmp), 84% yield. Mass-spectra and NMR to confirm that the product was obtained as presented in FIG. 15.

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