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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Inorg Chem. 2009 Nov 16;48(22):10708–10719. doi: 10.1021/ic901711c

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

a) Phenylboronic acid, [Pd(PPh3)4], Na2CO3, THF/H2O; b) i. HCl (aq), ii. Br2, CH2Cl2; c) benzyl bromide, K2CO3, CH3CN; d) i. nBuLi, THF, -78°C, ii. ZnCl2, iii. 2,5-dibromopyridine, [Pd(PPh3)4]; e) i. 1,2-bis(trimethylsilylacetylene)benzene, NBu4F, THF, ii) [Pd(PPh3)4], NEt3; f) BBr3, CH2Cl2.