Earlier, when working on palladium catalysts immobilized on carbon nanotubes, we have developed a completely new method of incorporating palladium into the catalysts using the stable Pd(0) complex,tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0), Pd2(dba)3, as a reagent, which is easy to prepare and handle as a solvate with benzene or chloroform.