Carbon-sulfur bond formation catalyzed by [Pd(IPr*(OMe))(cin)Cl] (cin = cinnamyl).

The newly prepared complex [Pd(IPr*(OMe))(cin)(Cl)] provides high catalytic activity for carbon-sulfur cross-coupling reactions. Nonactivated and deactivated aryl halides were successfully coupled with a large variety of aryl- and alkylthiols using this well-defined palladium N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complex.