The palladium-catalyzed denitrogenative indolization of N-aroylbenzotriazoles 1 and internal alkynes 2 produced the corresponding polysubstituted indoles 3 in good to high yields. For example, the reaction of 5,6-dimethyl-1-[4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]benzotriazole (1j) with 6-dodecyne (2a), 4-octyne (2b), and diphenylacetylene (2f) in the presence of 10 mol % of Pd(PPh3)4 without solvent at 130 °C