Direct Synthesis of Water‐Tolerant Alkyl Indium Reagents and Their Application in Palladium‐Catalyzed Couplings with Aryl Halides

A direct result: Alkyl indium reagents are synthesized by the insertion of indium into alkyl halide mediated by CuCl. The synthetic utility of these reagents is demonstrated by their palladium-catalyzed coupling with aryl halides (see scheme). The reagents are compatible with various functional groups, and this makes the protocol generally useful in organic synthesis. DMA=N,N-dimethylacetamide, TBS=tert-butyldimethylsilyl.