Carbon-Sulfur Bond Formation Catalyzed by [Pd(IPr*OMe)(cin)Cl] (cin = cinnamyl)

The newly prepared complex [Pd(IPr*(Ome))(cin)(Cl)] provides high catalytic activity for carbon sulfur cross-coupling reactions. Nonactivated and deactivated aryl halides were successfully coupled with a large variety of aryl-and alkylthiols using this well-defined palladium N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complex.