Construction of benzene ring-layered polymers

A simple and novel approach for synthesizing the benzene ring-layered polymers using [2.2]paracyclophane and xanthene skeletons was demonstrated. Palladium-catalyzed polymerization of pseudo-p-diethynyl[2.2]paracyclophane 1, 2,7-di-tert-butyl-4,5-diiodo-9,9-dimethylxanthene 2, and ethynylferrocene 3 gave the corresponding polymers 4a–c, which composed of 7–30 face-to-face benzene rings by changing the feed ratio of 1–3.