| abstract |
Supported palladium containing catalyst systems comprising an inorganic support material, a modifying agent covalently attached to said inorganic support material through at least one first functional group FG1, such modifying agent comprising at least one second functional group FG2 for bonding a ligand thereto, a ligand covalently bound to said modifying group through said functional group FG2, and a palladium compound attached to said ligand wherein the ligand comprises a spacer group of at least 4 carbon atoms between the atom bonded to FG2 and the place of Pd attachment and Pd is attached via 2 sp2 -hybridized nitrogen atoms. |