Abstract
New N,N′‐substituted imidazolium salts and their corresponding dibromidopyridine–palladium(II) complexes were successfully synthesized and characterized. Reactions of palladium bromide with the newly synthesized N,N′‐substituted imidazolium bromides (2a and 2b) in pyridine afforded the corresponding new N‐heterocyclic carbene pyridine palladium(II) complexes (3a and 3b) in high yields. Their single‐crystal X‐ray structures show a distorted square planar geometry with the carbene and pyridine ligands in trans position. Both complexes show a high catalytic activity in carbonylative Sonogashira coupling reactions of aryl iodides and aryl diiodides with arylalkynes, alkylalkynes and dialkynes.
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