of tricarbonyl-η6-(1-tri-isopropyisilylindote)chromium(0) and η6-(1 -tri-isopropylsilyl-3-methoxymethylindole)tricarbonylchromium(0) followed by an electrophilic quench produced a series of 4-substituted indolecomplexes. For the 4-acyl, -allyl and -alkenyl analogues, transmetallation of the lithio- species to the corresponding cupro- complexes and reaction with the appropriate halides (in the alkenyl