A convenient and efficient one pot synthesis of unsymmetrically substituted p-terphenyls via a phosphine-free double Suzuki cross-coupling protocol using 1,4-dibromo-2-nitrobenzene as the substrate

Schematic illustrating the selective Suzuki coupling with 1,4-dibromo-2-nitro-benzene followed by a second Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling step for the “one-pot” generation of para-terphenyls.193