A Polystyrene‐Cross‐Linking Tricyclohexylphosphine: Synthesis,Characterization and Applications to Pd‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions of Aryl Chlorides

A polystyrene‐cross‐linking tricyclohexylphosphine (PS‐TCP) was synthesized through radical emulsion polymerization of 4‐tert‐butylstyrene as a monomer and tris(trans‐4‐styrylcyclohexyl)phosphine as a threefold cross‐linker. The PS‐TCP showed enhanced ligand performance compared to the corresponding polystyrene‐triphenylphosphine hybrid PS‐TPP and tricyclohexylphosphine in Pd‐catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura and Buchwald–Hartwig reactions of aryl chlorides.