Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming ReactionsZiya Sahin 1, Senem Akkoς 1,2, İlhan Özer İlhan 2, Veysel Kayser 1
1Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, 2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University
Detailed and generalized protocols are presented for the synthesis and subsequent purification of four palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes from benzimidazolium salts. The complexes were tested for catalytic activity in arylation and Suzuki-Miyaura reactions. For each reaction investigated, at least one of the four complexes successfully catalyzed the reaction.
