Palladium (II) acetate and N, N-bis-(2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) dihydroimidazolium chloride (2 mol%) were used to catalyze the carbonylative coupling of aryl diazonium tetrafluoroborate salts and aryl boronic acids to form aryl ketones. Optimal conditions include carbon monoxide (1 atm) in 1, 4-dioxane at 100° C for 5 h. Yields for unsymmetrical aryl ketones ranged from 76 to 90% for isolated materials with only minor amounts of biaryl coupling ...