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The first example of a diazo palladium adduct is reported. The complexes [(ArNHC−PPh)M(η-NC(Ph)COEt)] (M=Ni, 3; M=Pd, 4; ArNHC−PPh=3-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1-[(diphenylphosphino)ethyl]imidazol-2-ylidene) were prepared by ligand exchange with styrene-coordinated precursors [(ArNHC−PPh)M(styrene)] (M=Ni, 1; M=Pd, 2). Complex 4 was fully characterized, including X-ray analyses; this constitutes the first example of a diazo adduct compound with palladium, thereby closing the gap between Groups 8 and 10 regarding this type of compounds., The authors wish to thank MINECO for financial support (CTQ2014‐52769‐C03‐01 and CTQ2011‐24502). S. G. R. thanks MINECO for a FPI fellowship.

Epoxides have been obtained from alde-hydes and phenyldiazomethane using catalytic amounts of both the copper homoscorpionate com-plexes Tp xCuL (Tpx = homoscorpionate ligand; L = acetonitrile or tetrahydrofuran, THF) and dimethyl sulfide (SMe2) in high yields and diasteroselectivities, and with activities higher (TOF = 46 h-1) than those already known with rhodium-or copper-based cata-lysts. Among the copper(I) homoscorpionate com-plexes tested, TpBr3Cu(NCCH 3) showed the highest catalytic activity under mild conditions. The catalytic activity is controlled by electronic effects induced by the Tp x ligand as well as by the stability of the TpxCu(SR 2) adducts. Indeed, in the case of TpMs as ligand, the TpMsCu(THT) (THT = tetrahydrothio-phene) and Tp MsCu(SMe2) species could be isolated as very stable crystalline solids, the molecular struc-ture of the former being confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The in situ generation of PhCHN 2 from benzaldehyde tosylhydrazone sodium salt at 60 °C in methyl tert-butyl ether as solvent and TpMsCu(THF) as the catalyst also showed high cata-lytic activities, improving those already reported with copper-based catalysts. © 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA, Weinheim.