A Palladium/imidazolium chloride system hasbeen used to mediate the dimerization of terminal alkynesto enynes. The combination of 1 mol % Pd(OAc)2 and 2 mol% IMes·HCl in the presence of Cs2CO3 as base shows highactivity and high regio- and steroselectivity for the dimerization of aryl and aliphatic terminal alkynes to enynes.