Ozdemir, IGok, YGurbuz, NCetinkaya, ECetinkaya, B2019-10-272019-10-2720041042-71631042-7163https://doi.org/10.1002/hc.20034https://hdl.handle.net/11454/36398From readily available starting compounds, six functionalized 1,3-dialkylbenzimidazolium salts (2a-c and 4a-c) have been prepared and characterized by conventional spectroscopic methods and elemental analyses. A highly effective, easy to handle, and environmentally benign process for palladium-mediated Suzuki cross-coupling was developed. The in situ prepared three-component systems Pd(OAc)(2)/1,3-dialkylbenzimidazolium chlorides and Cs2CO3 catalyze quantitatively the Suzuki cross-coupling of deactivated aryl chlorides. (C) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.en10.1002/hc.20034info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle156419423WOS:000224013200001Q4Q3