As ymbiotic experimental/computational study analyzed the Ru(TPP)(NAr) 2 -catalyzed one-pot formation of indoles from alkynes and aryl azides. Thirty different C 3 -substituted indoles were synthesized and the bestp erformance, in term of yields and regioselectivities, was observed when reacting ArCCH alkynes with 3,5-(EWG) 2 C 6 H 3 N 3 azides, whereas the reaction was less efficient when using electron-rich aryl azides. AD FT analysisd escribes the reaction mechanism in terms of the energy costs and orbital/electronic evolutions;t he limitedr eactivity of electron-rich azides was also justified.I ns ummary,P hCCH alkyne interacts with one NAr imido ligand of Ru(TPP)(NAr) 2 to give ar esidually dangling C(Ph) group, which, by coupling with aC (H) unit of the Naryl substituent, forms a5+ 6b icyclic molecule.I nt he process, two subsequent spin changes allow inverting the conformation of the sp 2 C(Ph) atom and its consequente lectrophilic-like attack to the aromatic ring. The bicycle isomerizes to indole via at wo-step outer sphere H-migration. Eventually,a'Ru(TPP)(NAr)' mono-imidoa ctive catalyst is reformed after each azide/alkyne reaction.[a] Dr.