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Chemical catalytic conversion of biomass-derived sugars to lactic acid has attracted considerable attention due to the cheap, abundant and renewable nature of biomass and the huge potential application in synthesis...

A series of 4-vinylbiphenyl derivatives were synthesized by Pd(II)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane complex catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura reactions in the presence of K3PO4•3H2O as base in toluene at 80 °C and the corresponding products achieved 39-95 % yields. According to this efficient C-C bond-forming method, the obtained yields of 4-vinylbiphenyl liquid crystal compounds were up to 89 %.