Improved synthesis of bis[p-(phenylethynyl)phenyl]hetarylenes

Bis[p-(phenylethynyl)phenyl]hetarylenes were synthesized in high yields by an improved method using cross-coupling between phenylacetylene and 4,4′-dibromobenzil followed by condensation of the 4,4′-di(phenylethynyl)benzil obtained with eithero-phenylenediamine and 3,4-diaminobenzoic acid or with benzaldehyde andp-nitrobenzaldehyde in the presence of ammonium acetate. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1889–1890, October, 1997.