“…In recent years we have shown that indium organometallics are useful reagents in metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. , Besides their high efficiency, versatility, and selectivity in cross-coupling reactions, triorganoindium reagents (R 3 In) are particularly effective for the synthesis of functionalized heterocyclic compounds, and they exhibit high selectivity in coupling reactions with 3,4-dihalomaleimides, 2,5-dibromothiophenes, and 4,6-dichloropyrimidines . As a continuation of our studies into the application of R 3 In in organic synthesis, we report herein an efficient approach to trisubstituted imidazoles by selective and sequential palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of triorganoindium reagents with 2,4,5-trihaloimidazoles and the application of this approach to the synthesis of neurodazine and analogues.…”