PdII‐bis(triazolyl)phenylmethanol complexes bearing different groups (i. e., H, OMe, OH, COOH) directly attached to the benzyl rings were explored as precatalysts for copper‐free Sonogashira and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions in water. Crystal structures reveal a bidentate N,N binding mode of the bis(triazolyl) ligands affording a distorted square planar PdII complexes. With the exception of the phenol‐substituted bis(triazolyl) ligands, the other three Pd complexes exhibited high activities toward Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study and PPh3 poisoning experiments confirm that bis(triazoly)‐stabilized Pd nanoparticles (Pd NPs) were generated in situ during the catalytic reactions and involved as one of the active catalytic species in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling.
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