Developing new approaches for efficient synthesis of diarylketones from commercially available inexpensive substrates via practical procedures is highly desirable. In this work, an effective catalytic system for the synthesis of diarylketones was developed based on a newly synthesized Os PBP pincer complex [OsH-cis-(CO) 2 -mer-{κ 3 -P,B,P′-B(NCH 2 PPh 2 ) 2 -o-C 6 H 4 }] (1). Complex 1 proved to be very stable against many reagents at room temperature; CS 2 can only react with 1 at elevated temperatures to produce [Os(κ 2 -S,S'-S 2 CH)(CO)-mer-{κ 3 -P,B,P′-B(NCH 2 PPh 2 ) 2 -o-C 6 H 4 }] (2). Complex 1 was found to be an efficient precatalyst for the coupling reactions between arylboronic acids and aryl aldehydes. The reactions are tolerant of many functional groups and proceed smoothly in toluene in the presence of K 3 PO 4 and H 2 O at 100 °C under an air atmosphere to give diaryl ketones in good to excellent yields. It was demonstrated that the reactions were catalyzed by in situ generated osmium nanoparticles. This work would open an avenue of heterogeneous transition metal catalyst system for the synthesis of diarylketones via the coupling reactions between arylboronic acids and aryl aldehydes, which has never been reported before.