Four dinuclear
N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) palladium complexes were prepared by reaction of imidazolinium salts, PdCl
2 and bridging ligands (
piperazine and DABCO) in one pot or by direct cleavage of the chloro-bridged dimeric compounds [Pd(
μ-Cl)(Cl)(NHC)]
2 with bridging ligands. All of the complexes were fully characterized using
1H NMR,
13C NMR, high-resolution mass and infrared spectroscopies, elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The catalytic activities of the obtained palladium catalysts towards
Hiyama coupling of aryl chlorides with
phenyltrimethoxysilane were investigated and the results showed that the dinuclear palladium complexes were considerably active for the
coupling reaction. Copyright