Direct palladation of (S)-4-benzyl-2-methyl-2-oxazoline (1) and (S)-2-benzyl-4-tert-butyl-2- oxazoline (2) using Pd (OAc) 2 in MeCN afforded the corresponding μ-acetato-dimeric complexes with six-membered exo and endo palladacycles, respectively. The same complexes were obtained by reacting coordination complexes Pd (1) 2 (OAc) 2 and Pd (2) 2 (OAc) 2 with Pd (OAc) 2 in MeCN. Metalation of (S)-2, 4-dibenzyl-2-oxazoline (3) with Pd ( ...