“…Materials : Solvents and reagents were purchased from Aldrich, Merck and ABCR, unless otherwise stated, purified and dried by standard methods prior to use. 3,4‐Diethylthiophene,29 2‐pinacolborylthiophene,30 2,9‐diiodophenanthroline,11b 2,9‐di(thien‐2‐yl)‐1,10‐phenanthroline,10 2,9‐bis(5‐iodothien‐2‐yl)‐1,10‐phenanthroline,10 2,9‐dimesitylphenanthroline,31 [1,3‐bis(diphenylphosphino)propane]palladium(II) chloride,32 tetrakis(acetonitrile) copper(I) tetrafluoroborate,33 and oligothiophene building blocks C and E 34 were synthesized according to known literature procedures. N ‐Bromosuccinimide and thiophene were purchased from Merck.…”