5-Pyrimidylboronic acid and 2-methoxy-5-pyrimidylboronic acid: new heteroarylpyrimidine derivatives via Suzuki cross-coupling reactions (2004)
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Saygili, N., Batsanov, A., & Bryce, M. (2004). 5-Pyrimidylboronic acid and 2-methoxy-5-pyrimidylboronic acid: new heteroarylpyrimidine derivatives via Suzuki cross-coupling reactions. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2(6), 852-857

5-Pyrimidylboronic acid 2 and 2-methoxy-5-pyrimidylboronic acid 4 have been synthesised by lithium-halogen exchange reactions on 5-bromopyrimidine and 2-methoxy-5-bromopyrimidine, respectively, followed by reaction with triisopropylborate. Suzuki cro... Read More about 5-Pyrimidylboronic acid and 2-methoxy-5-pyrimidylboronic acid: new heteroarylpyrimidine derivatives via Suzuki cross-coupling reactions.

Ethynyl pi-extended 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and 2-phenyl 5-(2-thienyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and optical properties (2004)
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Hughes, G., Kreher, D., Wang, C., Batsanov, A., & Bryce, M. (2004). Ethynyl pi-extended 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and 2-phenyl 5-(2-thienyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and optical properties. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2(22), 3363-3367

2-(4-tert-Butylphenyl)-5-(4-ethynylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole 1 reacts with a series of heteroaryl iodides under standard Sonogashira cross-coupling conditions (Pd[PPh3](2)Cl-2, CuI, triethylamine, THF) to yield products 2a-g in 40-79% yields (heteroar... Read More about Ethynyl pi-extended 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and 2-phenyl 5-(2-thienyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and optical properties.

2,5-di(aryleneethynyl)pyrazine derivatives: synthesis, structural and optoelectronic properties, and light-emitting device (2004)
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Zhao, L., Perepichka, I., Turksoy, F., Batsanov, A., Beeby, A., Findlay, K., & Bryce, M. (2004). 2,5-di(aryleneethynyl)pyrazine derivatives: synthesis, structural and optoelectronic properties, and light-emitting device. New Journal of Chemistry, 28(8), 912-918

A series of 2,5-di(aryleneethynyl) pyrazine derivatives has been synthesised in 23-41% yields by two-fold reaction of 2,5-dibromo-3,6-dimethylpyrazine 3 with ethynylarenes (arene=phenyl, 2-pyridyl, 4-ethylphenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 4-biphenyl) under sta... Read More about 2,5-di(aryleneethynyl)pyrazine derivatives: synthesis, structural and optoelectronic properties, and light-emitting device.

Functionalisation reactions of 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles bearing a terminal ethynyl or butadiynyl substituent: X-ray crystal structures of the products (2004)
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Kreher, D., Batsanov, A., Wang, C., & Bryce, M. (2004). Functionalisation reactions of 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles bearing a terminal ethynyl or butadiynyl substituent: X-ray crystal structures of the products. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2(6), 858-862

2-(4-tert-Butylphenyl)-5-(4-ethynylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole 1 and the butadiyne analogue 2 reacted with triethyl orthoformate in the presence of zinc iodide to give the acetal derivatives 3 and 4 which were hydrolysed with Amberlyst-15 in acetone-wat... Read More about Functionalisation reactions of 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles bearing a terminal ethynyl or butadiynyl substituent: X-ray crystal structures of the products.

Organic light-emitting diodes based on a blend of poly 2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-5-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene and an electron transporting material (2004)
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Ahn, J., Wang, C., Pearson, C., Bryce, M., & Petty, M. (2004). Organic light-emitting diodes based on a blend of poly 2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-5-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene and an electron transporting material. Applied Physics Letters, 85(7), 1283-1285

Organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) containing a blend of poly[2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-5-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) and an electron transporting material, 2,7-bis[2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]-9,9-dihexylfluorene have been... Read More about Organic light-emitting diodes based on a blend of poly 2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-5-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene and an electron transporting material.

Nanoscale aryleneethynylene molecular wires with reversible fluorenone electrochemistry for self-assembly onto metal surfaces (2004)
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Wang, C., Batsanov, A., Bryce, M., & Sage, I. (2004). Nanoscale aryleneethynylene molecular wires with reversible fluorenone electrochemistry for self-assembly onto metal surfaces. Organic Letters, 6(13), 2181-2184

Two rigid-rod conjugated molecules (11 and 12) of ca. 4 and 7 nm length, respectively, bearing protected terminal thiol groups have been synthesized via multistep Sonogashira coupling reactions and shown to possess reversible cathodic solution electr... Read More about Nanoscale aryleneethynylene molecular wires with reversible fluorenone electrochemistry for self-assembly onto metal surfaces.

Electrochromic tetrathiafulvalene derivatives functionalised with 2,5-diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole chromophores (2004)
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Wang, C., Batsanov, A., & Bryce, M. (2004). Electrochromic tetrathiafulvalene derivatives functionalised with 2,5-diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole chromophores. Chemical Communications, 578-579

Electrochromism has been demonstrated by three novel electrochemically-reversible compounds 3, 4 and 5, which were synthesised by Pd catalysed cross-coupling of iodotrimethylTTF (6) and 2,6(7)-diiodoTTF (7) with the 2,5-diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole deriva... Read More about Electrochromic tetrathiafulvalene derivatives functionalised with 2,5-diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole chromophores.