New o-xylylene-linked bis(benzimidazolium) salts were synthesized in six-steps from C2-symmetric chiral 1,4-diol, 1,2-bis(1-hydroxypropyl)benzene, as a starting material. The silver complex of bis(benzimidazol-2-ylidene) was obtained on treatment of bis(benzimidazolium) salt with silver oxide. The reaction of the silver bis-NHC with [PdCl2(PhCN)2] afforded the bis-NHC complex of palladium. The X-ray