“…1,2,4,5-Tetrabromobenzene (M1), biphenyl, p -terphenyl, N -bromosuccinimide (NBS), and dibenzothiophene dioxide were purchased from TCI. 3,7-Bis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl) 5,5-dioxide (M2), 3,5,3′,5′-tetrakis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)biphenyl (M3), 3,7-dibromodibenzothiophene dioxide (M4), and 3,3′′,5,5′′-tetrakis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-1,1′,4′,1′′-terphenyl (M5) were synthesized according to the literature procedures. − …”