“…We envisaged that our goal could be achieved through sequential two-step reaction of 1 with the corresponding arylboronic acids. Such approach was widely applied by many research teams in the construction of polyarylated benzenes [ 56 ], pyridines [ 57 – 60 ], thiophenes [ 61 – 62 ], quinoxalines [ 63 ], pyrazoles [ 64 ] pyrroles [ 65 ], pyrimidines [ 66 – 67 ], benzofuranes [ 68 ], imidazo[1,2- a ]pyridines [ 69 ], diaryl/heteroaryl methanes [ 70 ], and indoles [ 71 ], bearing differently substituted arene rings. An elegant approach to variously arylated pentaarylpyridines was recently proposed by Reimann et al [ 60 ].…”