As eries of N-heterocyclic carbene-palladium(II)-2methyl-4,5-dihydrooxazole complexes was synthesized in a one-step process, one of whichf acilitated high chemoselectivity in the mono-Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of dichlorobenzenes. Further transformations of the mono-coupling prod-ucts catalyzed by this complex werea lso investigated, which gave the desired CÀCa nd CÀNc oupling products in excellent yields. The reported methodology allows the conversion of readily available dichlorobenzenes into synthetically useful chlorobiphenyls.Compound 6v: [6] Colorless liquid; 1 HNMR (CDCl 3 ,5 00 MHz): d = 7. 46-7.45 (m, 1H), 7.40-7.36 (m, 1H), 7.30-7.26 (m, 3H), 7.19 (dd, J = 7.5, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.03 (t, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.99 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1H), 3.78 ppm (s, 3H); 13 CNMR (CDCl 3 ,1 25 MHz): d = 156.8, 137.8, 133.9, Asian