“…Toluene, hexane, ethyl acetate (EtOAc), methanol (MeOH), triethylamine (Et 3 N), diisopropylethylamine ( i Pr 2 EtN), iodobenzene, and triphenylphosphane (PPh 3 ) were purchased from Nacalai Tesque, Inc. Tetrahydrofuran (THF, super dehydrated grade), N , N ‐dimethylformamide (DMF, super dehydrated grade), 1‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone (NMP, super dehydrated grade), and toluene (super dehydrated grade) were purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industry, Ltd. Trichlorosilane, 4‐iodotoluene, 4‐iodoanisole, 2‐iodoanisole, 4‐iodoacetophenone, 3‐iodobenzotrifluoride, 4‐iodobenzonitrile, 4‐diiodobenzene, 4‐bromoiodobenzene, 4‐hydoroxyiodobenzene, 4‐iodophenol, 2‐iodobiphenyl, 2‐iosoyhiophene, 3‐bromopylidine, tris(dibanzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (Pd 2 (dba) 3 ) and tris(2‐metylphenyl)phosphane (P( o ‐tol) 3 ) were purchased from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Heptaisobutyl‐trisilanol‐POSS and heptaphenyl‐trisilanol‐POSS were purchased from Hybrid Plastics. Heptaisobutyl‐POSS ( 1 ) and heptaphenyl‐POSS ( 2 ) were prepared according to the literature procedures.…”