Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49(53), p. 13573-13577, 2014
Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 49(126), p. 13791-13795, 2014
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A general alkylation of heterocycles using a simple palladium catalyst is reported. Most classes of heterocycles, including indoles and pyridines, efficiently coupled with unactivated secondary and tertiary alkyl halides. An alkyl radical addition to neutral heteroarenes is most likely involved.