Development of a method for the surface-initiated Kumada cross-coupling polymerization based on 4-iodophenyldiazonium salt thin films, and use of this method to make very thick polythiophene brushes.<br>
<p>Herein we
report a sulfur (IV) mediated cross-coupling for facile synthesis of heteroaromatic
substrates. Addition of heteroaryl nucleophiles onto a simple,
readily-accessible alkyl sulfinyl (IV) chloride allows formation of a trigonal
bipyramidal sulfurane intermediate. Reductive elimination therefrom provides bis-heteroaryl
products in a practical and efficient fashion. <br></p>