title: Oligoarenes as molecular backbones of catalysts: synthesis and applications.
abstract: This feature article highlights our recent work on oligoarene-type catalysts. We developed a synthetic method for multifunctionalized oligoarenes using a repetitive two-step strategy. The method was then applied to the preparation of oligoarene-type phosphines, which were used for palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of halobenzenes with Grignard reagents.
authors: Manabe Initiative Research Unit, RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako, Japan. keimanabe@riken.jp
authors: Kei
authors: K
authors: Manabe
authors: Shunpei
authors: S
authors: Ishikawa