“…After succeeding in developing a “greener” pathway to synthesize C3-arylated 1 H -indazole, we extended the methodology to prepare C3-arylated pyrazolo[3,4- b ]pyridine, also known as azaindazole, which is an 1 H -indazole isostere and is often used as a key pharmacophore in drug design [ 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 ]. Despite the enormous biological interest of C3-arylated pyrazolo [3,4- b ]pyridines, only one work has been reported by Lavard and Popowycz [ 38 ], addressing the functionalization of this motif via direct arylation.…”