A General and Air‐tolerant Strategy to Conjugated Polymers within Seconds under Palladium(I) Dimer Catalysis

Abstract

While current M ⁰/M ^II based polymerization strategies largely focus on fine‐tuning the catalyst, reagents and conditions for each and every monomer, this report discloses a single method that allows access to a variety of different conjugated polymers within seconds at room temperature. Key to this privileged reactivity is an air‐ and moisture stable dinuclear Pd ^I catalyst. The method is operationally simple, robust and tolerant to air.