Suzuki polycondensation . polymer conjugated synthesis

Over the past two decades, Suzuki polycondensation has become one of the most efficient methods for the synthesis of conjugated polymers. As another important cross-coupling protocol, the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction was invented by Suzuki and co-workers in 1979 The scope of the Suzuki reaction for synthetic applications has been surveyed in several excellent reviews by Kotha, Lahiri, Kashinath, Miyaura and Fu. The Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction provided deeper insights into how to connect two specific sp -hybridized C-atoms more efficiently and under milder conditions. The Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction was first used by Schlueter et al. to prepare poly(para-phenylene)s. ... 

Since then, Suzuki polycondensation (SPC) has become one of the most powerful and widely used methodologies for the synthesis of conjugated polymers. 

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