“…General procedure for the preparation of 1 a, 1 b, and 1 c: A mixture of an oligo(ethylene glycol) bis-toluenesulfonate ( 9, 161.2, 144.7, 136.4, 132.9, 129.8, 127.9, 113.9, 83.5, 70.7, 69.6, 69.2, 68.6, 67.1, 24.8, 21.6 ppm; ESI-HRMS: m/z calcd for C 25 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2 H), 6.88-6.91 (d,J = 8.7 Hz,2 H),4 H), 3.83-3.85 (m, 2 H), 3.58-3.71 (m, 10 H), 2.43 (s, 3 H), 1.33 ppm (s, 12 H); 13 C NMR (CDCl 3 , 75 MHz): d = 161.3, 161.2, 144.7, 136.4, 132.9, 129.8, 127.9, 113.9, 83.5, 70.7, 70.6, 69.6, 69.2, 68.6, 67.1, 24.8, 21.6 (d,J = 8.4 Hz,2 H),J = 8.7 Hz,2 H),J = 8.4 Hz, 2 H), 6.88-6.91 (d,J = 8.7 Hz,2 H),4 H), 3.85-3.87 (m, 2 H), 3.58-3.71 (m, 14 H), 2.44 (s, 3 H), 1.33 ppm (s, 12 H); 13 C NMR (CDCl 3 , 75 MHz): d = 160.9, 161.2, 144.8, 136.0, 132.5, 129.4, 127.5, 113.4, 83.1, 70.3, 70.1, 69.1, 68.9, 68.1, 66.7, 24.5, 21.2 General procedure for the preparation of 2 a, 2 b, and 2 c: A mixture of 2,6-dibromobenzaldehyde (1.73 mmol), boronic ester 1 a, 1 b, or 1 c, Na 2 CO 3 (2 m, 6.90 mmol), and [PdA C H T U N G T R E N N U N G (PPh 3 ) 4 ] (0.173 mmol) in THF (50 mL) and deionized water (5 mL) was heated at reflux overnight under nitrogen. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate.…”