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Development Of Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerizations, Wei Peng

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The synthesis of well-defined and high molecular weight π-conjugated polymers under mild condition within short reaction time is a challenging and important task in both organic chemistry and polymer chemistry. As one of the most efficient and high tolerance to solvents and reaction conditions, palladium(0)-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions would give us a good chance to achieve the goal. Thus, my Ph. D dissertation research projects focused on developing Pd(0)-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling polymerization reactions including controlled ones.

My research first studied t-Bu₃P-coordinated 2-phenylaniline-based palladacycle complex catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling polymerization of aryl dibromides with aryldiboronic acids at room temperature. Based …