While palladium catalysis is ubiquitous in modern chemical research, the recovery of the active transition-metal complex under routine laboratory applications is frequently challenging.D escribed herein is the concept of alternative cross-coupling cycles with am ore robust (air-, moisture-, and thermally-stable) dinuclear Pd I complex, thus avoiding the handling of sensitive Pd 0 species or ligands.Highly efficient C À SCF 3 coupling of ar ange of aryl iodides and bromides was achieved, and the recovery of the Pd I complex was accomplished via simple open-atmosphere column chromatography. Kinetic and computational data support the feasibility of dinuclear Pd I catalysis.Anovel SCF 3 -bridged Pd I dimer was isolated, characterized by X-ray crystallography,a nd verified to be ac ompetent catalytic intermediate.