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A chemoselective rhodium-catalyzed borylation has been developed for the preparation of aryl boronate esters. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions with excellent selectivity for C-I bonds in bromoiodoarenes and exhibits broad functional group tolerance. This procedure can act as a complementary approach toward bifunctional arenes along with other metal-catalyzed borylations. Additionally, the reaction's utility in the preparation of monomers for metal-catalyzed cross-coupling polymerization is demonstrated.
RESUMEN
Electron-deficient (n-type) conjugated materials are commonly prepared via step-growth methods with limited control over the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of the resulting polymers. In this communication, we demonstrate that Pd-dialkylbiarylphosphine catalysts enable the chain-growth polymerization of benzo[1,2,3]triazole using Suzuki-Miyaura coupling with molecular weight control and modest molecular weight distributions (D â¼ 1.2-1.6). The importance of a free ligand in the reaction mixture during polymerization was established by analysis of polymer samples using GPC and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. A block copolymer with poly(3-hexylthiophene) was also synthesized by sequential monomer addition. The success of these commercially available catalysts for polymerization of benzotriazole highlights their potential for chain-growth reactions with other bicyclic arenes in the future.
