In this highlight, we provide a current perspective of synthetic methodology development catalyzed by dinuclear Ni- and Pd-complexes in the past decade. The new catalytic reactivities of dinuclear Ni- and Pd-complexes are discussed.
Nickel and palladium complexes chelating diarylamido-based unsymmetrical [PNNox] pincer ligands have been synthesized and used as catalysts for norbornene polymerization with activities up to 40.3 × 105 g of PNB (mol of Pd)−1 h−1 upon the activation of methylaluminoxane (MAO).