The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

Condensation polymerization is an important method of polymerization that yields not only
engineering plastics such as polyamides, polyesters, and polyimides but also π-conjugated …

We studied the mechanism of the chain-growth polymerization of 2-bromo-5-
chloromagnesio-3-hexylthiophene (1) with Ni (dppp) Cl2 [dppp= 1, 3-bis …

Movement is intrinsic to life. Biologists have established that most forms of directed
nanoscopic, microscopic and, ultimately, macroscopic movements are powered by …

A “walking” process of Ni catalysts during Kumada catalyst-transfer polycondensation along
polymerizing poly (3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, chains was investigated. To simplify polymer …

The reactions of nickel (0) complexes with organohalides have been reviewed. The review
is divided according to the class of ligand that is present on nickel: phosphine, N …

To examine whether catalyst-transfer polycondensation, which affords well-defined
polythiophenes, has generality for other conjugated polymers, the synthesis of poly (p …

The development and applications of chain-growth condensation polymerization are
reviewed. Well-defined aromatic polyamides, polyesters, and polyethers have been …

A new diphosphine (POP) ligand bearing an alkoxide group allows us to synthesize partially
fluorinated arenes. A nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling between a polyfluoroarene and an …

A palladium‐catalyzed highly selective 3, 4‐bifunctionalization of 3‐I‐o‐carborane has been
developed, leading to the preparation of 3‐alkenyl‐4‐R‐o‐carboranes (R= alkyl, alkynyl …