This study describes a new class of easily accessible indolyl phosphine lig
ands, prepared via an efficient protocol involving Fischer indolizationfrom readily available phenylhydrazine
and substituted acetophenones. This versatile lig
and scaffold provides beneficial features, includinghigh
potential of steric
and electronic tunability. The air-stable indolyl phosphines in combination with a palladium metal precursor providehighly effective catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of unactivated aryl chlorides,
and the catalyst loading down to 0.02 mol % can beachieved.