The palladium(II) complexes trans-[PdCl(L)(PPh3)2]Cl, 5, and cis-[PdI2(L)PPh3], 7, (L = benzoxazol- 2-ylidene) have been synthesized by treatment of the complexes trans-[PdX2(PPh3)2] (4: X = Cl, 6: X = 1) with 2-(trimethylsiloxy)pheny1 isocyanide 1, and subsequent hydrolysis of the Si-O bond. The crystal structures of 5 and 7*CH2Cl2 were established by X-ray diffraction. NMR and IR studies indicate, that the unexpected cis-configuration of 7 obtained from trans-[PdI2(PPh3)2] is not the result of a solution equilibrium between the cis- and the trans-isomers.