2-Dicyclohexylphosphino-2',4',6'-triisopropylbiphenyl is a ligand for increased scope of Pd-catalyzed amination and amidation via arene sulfonates, aryl halides. It is a ligand used in a Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling leading to C-15 analogs of vindoline and direct annulation of 2-haloanilines to indoles and tryptophans.