Four aryl-guanidines(AG)were synthesized and used for the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction to test the catalytic activity.In the presence of steric bulk AG,when aryl bromide and arylboronic acid were used as the reactants,the Suzuki reaction could be carried out smoothly at room temperature in aqueous solvent to afford the cross-coupling product in high yield.This catalysis system was also successful for the coupling of activated aryl chlorides at room temperature.