Palladium-containing SBA-15 (Pd/SBA-15) was synthesized via an in situ approach. In this procedure, the hydrophobic solvent (CHCl3) was used as a transport medium to inject the Pd precursor (Pd (acetylacetonate)(2)) directly into the inner core of the surfactant micelles. The resulting nanocomposite with 1.46 wt% Pd loading was achieved with highly dispersed and uniform palladium nanoparticles. The Pd/SBA-15 nanocomposite exhibited excellent catalytic activities and reuse ability in air for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.