a Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici CNR ICCOM di Bari, via Orabona 4, I-70126 Bari, Italy
b Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, via Orabona 4, I-70126 Bari, Italy
Abstract:
Phenylene-thiophene oligomers bearing peracetylated β-d-glucose or N-BOC-l-phenylalanine as chiral substituents were synthesized in good yields by a versatile protocol based on the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Aryl iodides bearing the chiral biomolecules as substituents efficiently reacted with pinacol boronates of bi- or terthiophenes leading to the bio-functionalized oligomers in good yields.