Fig. 8. Reaction design and outcome of linear tetramer templating for the synthesis of ZnP4 from ZnP2 using PhC2-NiP4 as a template. (a) Reaction scheme. (b) GPC traces (detection at 591 nm, toluene/1% pyridine) of the non-templated reaction (top) and the linear templated reaction (bottom) product mixture after removal of the template PhC2-NiP4 at 3.5 h and (c) at 1.5 h. Products were identified by analytical GPC based on calibrated retention times, MALDI-ToF and 1H-NMR for ZnP2 and ZnP4. ZnP4 was isolated in 23% and 30% yield from the reaction time at 3.5 and 1.5 h, respectively. The percentages in GPC traces represent the % GPC yields of corresponding compounds, calculated by integration of the peak areas.
