Directarylations of indoles and pyrroles with differently substituted diaryliodonium salts were shown to efficiently proceed in the absence of metal catalysts.
A novel palladium‐catalyzed approach to direct C‐3‐arylation of 1H‐indoles with arylhydrazines using air as the oxidant viaCN bond cleavage has been developed. Various substituents are tolerated in this system in moderate to good yields. This reaction could also be compatible with a larger scale. Thus, this strategy using arylhydrazines as arylating reagents provides a powerful method for constructing