Copper(<scp>i</scp>) oxide nanoparticle-mediated C–C couplings for synthesis of polyphenylenediethynylenes: evidence for a homogeneous catalytic pathway
Fathima F. Pary, Ravi Teja Addanki Tirumala, Marimuthu Andiappan, Toby L. Nelson
Abstract
Polyphenylenediethynylenes have been synthesized using copper(<sc>i</sc>) oxide nanocatalysts under ligandless conditions, mild base, and atmospheric air as the oxidant in good yield and number average molecular weight.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisYield (engineering)Nanomaterial-based catalystCopperChemistryNanoparticleHomogeneousBase (topology)OxideCopper oxideCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceMetallurgyMathematicsPhysicsMathematical analysisThermodynamicsCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsSynthesis of Indole Derivatives