Abstract
A biphenyl library incorporating amide and sulfonamide groups has been synthesised via microwave-mediated Suzuki-Miyaura couplings. Many derivatives were crystallised from dichloromethane/methanol and analysed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. An interesting structure was obtained for N-(4'-methylbiphenyl-4-yl)acetamide with Z'=6 and hydrogen-bonding networks of the type N-H center dot center dot center dot O in the unit cell. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.