A series of palladium acyclic diaminocarbene
(ADC) complexes of
the type
cis
-[(R
1
NH)(R
2
)methylidene]PdCl
2
(CNR
1
) [R
1
= 2,4,6-(CH
3
)
3
C
6
H
2
: R
2
= NC
5
H
10
(
2
); NC
4
H
8
(
3
); NC
4
H
8
O (
4
)] were used
not only to perform the C
sp
2
–C
sp
Hiyama coupling between aryl iodide and triethoxysilylalkynes but
also to subsequently carry out the one-pot tandem Hiyama alkynylation/cyclization
reaction between 2-iodophenol and triethoxysilylalkynes, giving a
convenient time-efficient access to the biologically relevant benzofuran
compounds. The palladium ADC complexes (
2
–
4
) were conveniently synthesized by the nucleophilic addition
of secondary amines, namely, piperidine, pyrrolidine, and morpholine
on the
cis
-{(2,4,6-(CH
3
)
3
C
6
H
2
)NC}
2
PdCl
2
in moderate
yields (ca. 61–66%).