Palladium(II) thiosemicarbazone complex: Synthesis, structure and application to carbon–oxygen cross-coupling reaction

A simple route for the synthesis of square-planar palladium(II) 3-methyl-thiophene-2-aldehyde thiosemicarbazone complex is described. The composition of the complex has been established by elemental analysis and spectral methods. The molecular structure was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. Further, the complex was used as a potential catalyst for the carbon–oxygen cross-coupling reaction of activating, non-activating and deactivating aryl iodides or aryl bromides with p-cresol.