the use of directing groups and second-or third-row transition metal catalysts. To this end, functionalizing heteroarenes that lack directing groups using earth abundant transition metals remains underdeveloped. Our interest in nickel-catalyzed C-H functionalization stems from nickel's relatively high earth abundance and complementary reactivity compared with second and third-row transition metals. Recently, a nickel catalyzed C-H alkenylation reaction that first reported by Nakao and Hiyama was extensively explored computationally by Perutz and co-workers. The authors proposed that C-H activation proceeds through a novel ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer (LLHT) pathway rather than the formation of a discrete nickel-hydride via oxidative addition. Under this framework, a variety of aromatic C-H bonds have been functionalized using the combination of nickel(0) pre-catalysts and NHC or phosphorus-based ligands. Enantioselective LLHT processes are more rare, with intramolecular asymmetric cyclization being described by Ye , Cramer, Ackermann, and Shi groups, enabled by the design of novel ligand scaffolds (Scheme 1). In 2018, the Ye group reported a Ni-Al bimetallic enantioselective C-H exo-selective cyclization of imidazoles with alkenes promoted by secondary phosphine oxide (SPO) ligands. Shortly after, the Cramer group developed a modular synthesis of IPhEt ligand family, which was first reported by Galway and co-workers. These catalytic systems were successfully applied to the C-H functionalization of pyridones , pyrroles and indoles. Independently, the Ackermann group discovered that the combination of nickel and JoSPOphos allowed for the asymmetric C-H functionalization of imidazoles without the need of external Lewis acids, and they further illustrated this novel catalysis with a well-defined nickel(II)-JoSPOphos complex. Scheme 1. Nickel catalyzed asymmetric heteroaromatic C-H alkylation via ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer (LLHT).