(Benz)imidazoles can be efficiently functionalized by (hetero)aryl chlorides via direct C-H bond arylation in the presence of a well-defined NHC-Pd(II)-Im complex. Under the optimal conditions, various activated, unactivated, and deactivated (hetero)aryl chlorides were successfully applied as the arylating reagents to achieve the 2-(hetero)aryl (benz)imidazoles in acceptable to high yields, giving a facile and alternative methodology for the direct C-H bond arylation of (benz)imidazoles.

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A carbene-Pd(II) complex and a carbene-Rh(I) complex, both derived from commercially available L-(-)-menthol, have been synthesised, characterised and their X-ray single-crystal structures determined.