A new use of trialkyl-(1-methylindol-2-yl)borates for the synthesis of 2-substituted indoles involving the palladium catalysed cross-coupling with vinylic and aromatic halides, or a facile alkyl migration from boron to carbon without an additional electrophile is described.
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Ishikura et al. (1989) studied this question.