Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a heterogeneous catalyst suitable for catalyzing Heck, Suzuki-Miyaura Sonogashira coupling and Buchwald-Hartwig reactions, comprising the steps of: a) providing a macroporous carrier, said macroporous carrier consisting of a core and a plurality of ion exchange groups covalently bonded to the surface of said core, where at least 90% of the ions bound to said carrier are formate ions; b) swelling said carrier in a polar solvent; c) providing a palladium (II) salt; d) suspending said carrier in an organic solvent thereby obtaining a suspension; e) adding said palladium salt to said suspension and allowing the resulting mixture to react at a temperature within the range of 0-70° C. until said carrier has turned black; f) washing said carrier in water; g) drying said carrier under vacuum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a heterogeneous catalyst suitable for catalyzing Heck, Suzuki-Miyaura Sonogashira coupling and Buchwald-Hartwig reactions, comprising the steps of: a) providing a macroporous carrier, said macroporous carrier consisting of a core and a plurality of ion exchange groups covalently bonded to the surface of said core, where at least 90% of the ions bound to said carrier are formate ions; b) swelling said carrier in a polar solvent; c) providing a palladium (II) salt; d) suspending said carrier in an organic solvent thereby obtaining a suspension; e) adding said palladium salt to said suspension and allowing the resulting mixture to react at a temperature within the range of 0 70° C. until said carrier has turned black; f) washing said carrier in water; g) drying said carrier under vacuum.