... TVE was first synthesized in 1966 by Skattebøl and co-workers.(1) The synthesis commenced with the ... octaphenyl-TVE 7 in the early 1960s,(5, 6) tetracarboethoxy-TVE 8 in 1980,(7) and ... figure Scheme 2. Synthesis of TVE (1) by Four-Fold Cross-Coupling. Herein we disclose the ...