“…Finally, to demonstrate the potential usefulness of this stepwise but straightforward protocol for the selective synthesis of N 1‐functionalized alkyl indazoles, several control experiments were performed (Scheme 4B). For example, upon treatment of indazole with alcohol 55 under Mitsunobu reaction conditions, [17i,j,k] a complex mixture containing dehydrated byproduct 56 was produced, and the desired N ‐alkyl indazole 51 was not obtained at all. Similarly, under the conditions of N ‐alkylation by a classical nucleophilic substitution reaction of indazole [17d,j,k] with methanesulfonate 57 , a complex mixture containing dehydrated byproduct 56 was obtained, but no desired N ‐alkyl indazole 51 .…”