Ai. Baba et al., CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF BIS-BIPYRIDINES AND BIS-TERPYRIDINES BRIDGED BY PHENYL AND BIPHENYL TETHERS, Synthetic communications, 24(7), 1994, pp. 1029-1036
A simple three step Preparation of phenyl bridged bis-2,2'-bipyridine
and bis- 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine from readily available reagents is de
scribed. The compounds have the potential to serve as rigid bridging l
igands for the preparation of redox and photoactive supramolecular com
plexes of transition metals.