We have been interested in the development of polyalkynebased stars and dendrimers and their reactions with Co2(CO)8 to produce organometallic cluster-decorated architectures (Constable et al., 2006). We have used Sonogashira palladiumcatalysed cross-coupling reactions (Sonogashira et al., 1975; Sonogashira, 2002) for the divergent assembly of polyalkynes containing rigid frameworks with well-d...

A novel sequence of Sonogashira coupling and electrophilic addition to an ynone, with concomitant deprotection and cyclocondensation, opens a new one-pot synthesis of 3-halofurans; the method can be readily elaborated to a new sequential Sonogashira-addition-cyclocondensation-Suzuki reaction to furnish 2,3,5-trisubstituted furans in a one-pot fashion.

The development of new methods to skeletally diverse sultams based on a central α-halo benzene sulfonamide building block is reported. Several salient features of this building block are utilized in multiple reaction pathways, including the Heck reaction, C- and O-arylation, Sonogashira-Pauson-Khand, Sonogashira-intramolecular hydroamination, lithiative cyclization and domino aza-Michael Heck f...

Novel poly(arylene ethynylene)s comprising a cinnoline core were prepared in high yields via a three-step methodology. A Richter-type cyclization of 2-ethynyl- and 2-(buta-1,3-diynyl)aryltriazenes was used for cinnoline ring formation, followed by a Sonogashira coupling for the introduction of trimethylsilylethynyl moieties and a sila-Sonogashira coupling as the polycondensation technique. The ...

4-Substituted 2,3,5,6-tetraalkynylpyridines were prepared by tetra-fold Sonogashira reactions of the corresponding 2,3,5,6-tetrachloropyridines. 2,6-Dialkynyl-3,5-dichloropyridines were prepared by site-selective Sonogashira reactions from various 4-unsubstituted and 4-substituted tetrachloropyridines. Subsequent two-fold Sonogashira reactions of the products allowed for the synthesis of variou...

The reactivity of the 2-aryl-4-chloro-6-iodoquinazolines towards palladium catalyzed sequential (Sonogashira/Suzuki-Miyaura) and one-pot two-step cross-coupling (bis-Sonogashira, and successive Sonogashira/Stille) reactions to afford novel unsymmetrical polycarbo-substituted quinazolines has been evaluated. In contrast to the chloro-bromo substituted quinazolines in which selectivity has been p...

Key words Sonogashira cross-coupling - benzothiadiazole organic nitrite donors

The palladium nanoparticles were immobilized on DNA-modified multi walled carbon nanotubes as stable and powerful heterogeneous catalyst. The catalyst was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, inductively coupled plasma and elemental analysis. DNA as a well-defined structure and...

Functional, conjugated molecular structures have been fabricated on Au nanoparticles via the Sonogashira coupling reactions.

Extended benzobisoxazole-based cruciforms, efficiently synthesized using acyl condensations and Sonogashira couplings, form highly ordered two-dimensional sheets in the solid state.