The iminophosphine–palladium(0) complex [Pd(dmfu)(P-N)] [dmfu=dimethyl fumarate; P-N=2-(PPh
2)C
6H
4-1-CH
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NC
6H
4-4-OMe] is a very efficient catalyst for the Suzuki coupling. In the reaction of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid, turnover numbers up to ca. 200,000 are obtained at 110°C in 2h. Good rates are obtained also with the sterically hindered and electronically deactivated 2-bromo-1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. The complex is able to catalyze the exhaustive arylation of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15-triphenylcorroleCu(III) to yield the corresponding undecaaryl substituted derivative.