“…Typical catalytic systems for cross-coupling reactions employ a metallic catalyst (Pd normally), auxiliary ligand to stabilize the metal, Lewis base to neutralize the system, solvent, inert atmosphere, and heating (Diederich and Meijere 2004 ; Negishi 2002 ). Efforts have been reported in order to reduce the amount of catalytically active species in reactions (Roy and Uozumi 2018 ) or replace it with a more eco-friendly and less expensive metal (Ma et al 2021 ); reduce the use of auxiliary ligands (Serrano et al 2022 ); employ less toxic solvents (Su et al 2022 ) and bases (Long et al 2019 ); and make the reaction conditions milder through the use of lower temperatures (close to room temperature) (Ma et al 2022 ), microwave heating (Salih 2022 ), sonication (Wilson et al 2018 ), or elimination of the inert atmosphere (Tian et al 2022 ). In addition, the search for new, greener catalytic systems employing biomass sources appears frequently in literature, such as in the use of biomass extracts to prepare metal nanoparticles (NPs) via biogenic routes (Schmitt et al 2021 ) or green solvents applied in carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom couplings (Peixoto et al 2022 ).…”