title: Catalytically active palladium pyridylidene complexes: pyridinium ionic liquids as N-heterocyclic carbene precursors.
abstract: Pyridinium salts similar to those used as ionic liquid solvents readily undergo palladation in the presence of a base, thus giving palladium-pyridylidene N-heterocyclic carbene complexes that are active catalysts for Suzuki-type cross-coupling reactions.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musee 9, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. martin.albrecht@unifr.ch
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stoeckli-Evans