A straightforwardly synthesised complex, [Pd(nu-Cl)Cl(NHC)]2 (NHC = bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, IPr), has been employed to mediate Suzuki-Miyaura reactions involving aryl chlorides at very low catalyst loadings and at room temperature.
![Room-temperature activation of aryl chlorides in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling using a [Pd(?-Cl)Cl(NHC)]2 complex (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene)](https://www.iciq.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Room-temperature-activation_eng_noticies_articles_2008_70.gif){kind=small}