Ye, Liwei published the artcileAn Efficient precatalyst approach for synthesis of thiazole-containing conjugated polymers via cu-catalyzed direct arylation polymerization (Cu-DArP), Recommanded Product: Bromo(1,10-phenanthroline)(triphenylphosphine)copper(I), the publication is ACS Macro Letters (2020), 9(10), 1446-1451, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
Over the past decade, direct arylation polymerization (DArP) has emerged as a facile and sustainable methodol. for the synthesis of conjugated polymers. Recently, we developed Cu-catalyzed DArP (Cu-DArP) as a low-cost, Pd-free synthetic pathway, which enables conjugated polymers to be synthesized with high mol. weights and minimization of defects. However, the lack of study on the use of Cu-precatalysts in small-mol. direct arylation poses significant limitations for Cu-DArP to potentially overtake conventional Pd-catalyzed methodol., such as the low solubility and stability of the previously employed CuI. Therefore, in this report, we decide to explore the utility of a well-defined, easy-to-prepare, highly soluble, and stable precatalyst, Cu(phen)(PPh3)Br, as an alternative to the CuI, 1,10-phenanthroline catalytic system previously used for Cu-DArP. Herein, we report a drastic improvement of Cu-DArP methodol. for the synthesis of 5,5′-bithiazole (5-BTz)-based conjugated polymers enabled by an efficient precatalyst approach, affording polymers with good Mn (up to 16.5 kDa) and excellent yields (up to 79%). 1H NMR studies reveal the exclusion of homocoupling defects, which further verifies the excellent stability of Cu(phen)(PPh3)Br compared to CuI. Furthermore, we were able to decrease the catalyst loading from 15 mol % to only 5 mol % (Mn of 11.8 kDa, 64% yield), which is unprecedented when aryl bromides are employed for Cu-DArP. Significantly, 5-BTz was shown to be inactive under various of Pd-DArP conditions, which demonstrates the high compatibility of Cu-DArP as the only pathway for the C-H activation of the 5-BTz unit and a clear case demonstrating an advantage of Cu-DArP relative to Pd-DArP.
ACS Macro Letters published new progress about 25753-84-8. 25753-84-8 belongs to bromides-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Copper, name is Bromo(1,10-phenanthroline)(triphenylphosphine)copper(I), and the molecular formula is C6H12Br2, Recommanded Product: Bromo(1,10-phenanthroline)(triphenylphosphine)copper(I).
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