Six 1-alkylbenzimidazole have been prepared and characterized by conventional spectroscopic methods and elemental analyses. Novel in situ generated palladium-benzimidazole complexes, tested in the Suzuki coupling reaction between phenylboronic acid and several aryl chlorides showed excellent catalytic activity. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
C1 Inonu Univ, Fac Sci & Art, Dept Chem, TR-44280 Malatya, Turkey.
Ege Univ, Dept Chem, TR-35100 Izmir, Turkey.