A. Furstner et al., Preparation, structure and catalytic properties of a binuclear Pd(0) complex with bridging silylene ligands, CHEM COMMUN, (22), 2001, pp. 2372-2373
In contrast to the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) 1, the homologous N-heteroc
yclic silylene (NHS) 4 acts as a bridging ligand to Pd(0), giving rise to t
he dinuclear complex 5 which is catalytically active in Suzuki reactions.