Pyrroles and indoles are the foundation of innumerable medicines, natural products, and synthetic materials.[1] Alkylations, acylations, and transition-metal-mediated couplings are the staple reactions for intermolecular CÀC bond formation between these heterocycles and other organic substrates.[1–3] Typically, organometallic couplings require that one [3] or both entities are prefunctionalized (ie halogenation or any other disposable functionality).[ ...
