The typical experiment was done as follows. A mixture of equimolar amounts of 1b, 3d and P(PPh 3 ) 4 in dimethylsulfoxide-d6 was heated at 100°C for 40 minutes. After the reaction was completed, the product ratio of iodo(3-pyridyl)bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) (7) 8,9 to bromo(4-ethoxy-2-nitrophenyl)bis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) (8) 10 was to be about 20 : 1 by the use of the integration values for the aromatic protons at δ 6.05 ppm (signal ...