Table 1.

Ligand effects in the palladium-catalyzed amidation of 4-bromo-1-methylimidazole.^[a]

Entry	Ligand	Conversion [%][b]	Yield [%][c]
1	L1	<5	0
2	L2	<5	0
3	L3	35	15
4	L4	<5	0
5	L5	43	24
6	L6	100	83

^[a]Reaction conditions: 4-bromo-1-methylimidazole (0.5 mmol), benzamide (1 mmol), [(allyl)PdCl]₂ (0.75 mol%), ligand (3 mol%), Cs₂CO₃ (1 mmol), 2-methyl-2-butanol (1 mL), 90 °C, 21 h.

^[b]Determined by GC.

^[c]Yield of isolated product.