A polystyrene-supported palladium complex soluble in tetrahydrofuran and N,N-dimethylacetamide and precipitated in diethyl ether or acetonitrile was prepared from two routes as an excellent and recyclable palladacycle catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation in Heck and Suzuki reactions to give high yields of the desired products. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
