Abstract
Palladium chloride–catalyzed Suzuki cross‐coupling reaction was applied to the preparation of highly pure multiring liquid crystals with a biphenyl unit. The optimal reaction condition is the combination of 0.5 mol% PdCl2, pyridine, and K3PO4, which was able to catalyze the cross‐coupling of substituted aryl bromides with substituted trans‐cyclohexylphenylboronic acids to give pure products in 38–87% yields.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by Ministry of Education, P. R. China.