Conjugated polymers containing diketopyrrolopyrrole units in the main chain

• Bernd Tieke,
• A. Raman Rabindranath,
• Kai Zhang and
• Yu Zhu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 830–845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.92

• arylamine. The bromination of aryl units is important for the subsequent palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction. If the aryl unit is thiophene, direct bromination with N-bromosuccinimide is possible to yield monomer M-3 [16]. For the preparation of conjugated DPP-based polymers, palladium-catalyzed

Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative Heck vinylation of 2-nitrobenzoates in the presence of CuF₂

• Lukas J. Gooßen,
• Bettina Zimmermann and
• Thomas Knauber

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 43, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.43

• arenes in good yields. Keywords: carboxylic acids; copper; decarboxylation; Heck vinylation; palladium; Introduction The palladium-catalyzed coupling of olefins with aryl or vinyl substrates, developed by Mizoroki [1] and Heck [2][3] in the 1970s, is one of the most important, reliable and generally

Preparation of pyridine-3,4-diols, their crystal packing and their use as precursors for palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

• Tilman Lechel,
• Irene Brüdgam and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 42, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.42

• palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions. Fluorescence measurements of the biscoupled products showed a maximum of emission in the violet region of the spectrum. Keywords: bisnonaflates; fluorescence; palladium catalysis; pyridine-3,4-diols; pyridines; Introduction Pyridine scaffolds have been found in

• pyridindiols and hydroxypyridinones will be thoroughly investigated in the solid state as well as in solution. Furthermore, subsequent transformations into bistriflate or bisnonaflate derivatives will be described, followed by palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions. The resulting biscoupling products are

• extended π-systems using palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions. Moreover, compounds 4b–c show interesting photophysical properties that might be thoroughly investigated in the future. The 3,4-dialkynyl-pyridine derivatives 4 or 5 are also candidates for Bergman cyclizations [34][35] which may establish a