A general class of well-defined, air-stable, and readily available Pd(II)-NHC precatalysts (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) for Suzuki and Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling of amides (transamidation) and esters by selective N-C/O-C cleavage is reported. Since these precatalysts are highly active and the easiest to synthesize, the study clearly suggests that [Pd(NHC)(acac)Cl] should be routinely included during the development of new cross-coupling methods. An assay for in situ screening of NHC salts in this cross-coupling manifold is presented.
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