Demir, SerpilOzdemir, IsmailCetinkaya, Bekir2024-08-042024-08-0420090268-2605https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.1558https://hdl.handle.net/11616/94938The reaction of 1-alkylbenzimidazole derivatives with o-/p-di(chloromethyl) benzene results in the formation of the new o-/p-xylyl-linked bis(benzimidazolium) salts, 1 and 2, respectively. The salts were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The in situ prepared complexes derived from Pd(OAc)(2)-1 and 2 exhibit catalytic activity (61-98%), to give the Heck coupling products of aryl bromides and styrene. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessbisbenzimidazolium chloridescarbenepalladium catalysisHeck couplingArticle231252052310.1002/aoc.15582-s2.0-73349108094Q2WOS:000272605500006Q2