acid (CH3-H2TP) and 5′-hydroxy-[1,1′:3′,1′′-terphenyl]-4,4′′-dicarboxylic
acid (HO-H2TP) were prepared according to the method reported
in the literature.38 −40 (link) Other chemicals were purchased from commercial sources
and used without further purification. Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0)
(Pd(PPh3)4, 95%, Fluorochem), 3,5-dibromotoluene
(C7H6Br2, 98%, TCI), 3,5-dibromophenol
(C6H4Br2O, 98%, TCI), 4-carboxylphenylboronic
acid (C7H7BO4, 97%, Thermo Scientific),
nickel(II) nitrate hexahydrate (Ni(NO3)2·6H2O, 97%, Sigma-Aldrich), nickel(II) acetate tetrahydrate (Ni(OAc)2·4H2O, 98%, Sigma-Aldrich), 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic
acid (H2PDA, C7H5NO4,
99%, Sigma-Aldrich), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, 99.99%, Burdick
and Jackson), hydrochloric acid (HCl, 35–37%, Samchun), nitric
acid (68–70%, Samchun), potassium carbonate (K2CO3, 99.0%, TCI), methanol (Samchun, 99.5%), dichloromethane
(CH2Cl2, 99.9%, Duksan), and acetone (99.96%,
Burdick and Jackson) were used as received.