N-Heterocyclic Carbenes-Pd Chemistry‘ in N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Effective Tools for Organometallic Synthesis.

With ruthenium, palladium is arguably the most utilized transition metal for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes and definitely the most versatile for applications in catalysis. This chapter comprises the literature on NHC–Pd complexes since 2006, when the previous edition of this book was released, until the end of 2012. A search in Scopus on the topic “N-heterocyclic carbene palladium” in this period yielded almost 550 references, including a number of specifically dedicated reviews. We have focused in well-defined complexes, although some relevant in situ systems with interesting catalytic activity are also included