Suzuki–Miyaura reactions with Pd(PPh3)4 have been carried out using lithium N-phenylsydnone-4-carboxylate as additive, which gave best yields at pH 5.7 in a mixture of acetic acid, water, and sodium carbonate. Reaction parameters such as the Pd source, the solvent, reaction time and temperature, acid, base and carboxylate have been varied and some representative examples of the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction have been examined.

Seven different palladium complexes of sydnones and sydnone imines and a co-catalyst system consisting of lithium sydnone-4-carboxylate and Pd(PPh3)4 catalyzed Sonogashira-Hagihara reactions between (hetero)aromatic bromides and 2-methylbut-3-yn-2-ol (52 examples, up to 100% yield). The co-catalyst system and a sydnone Pd complex were also tested in Buchwald-Hartwig reactions (9 examples, up to 100% yield).