Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 33(53), p. 8645-8648, 2014
Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 33(126), p. 8789-8792, 2014
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We describe a solid polyphenylene support that serves as an excellent platform for metal-catalyzed reactions that are normally carried out under homogeneous conditions. The catalyst is synthesized by palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling which directly results in formation of palladium nanoparticles confined to a porous polyphenylene network. The composite solid is in turn highly active for further Suzuki coupling reactions, including non-activated substrates that are challenging even for molecular catalysts.