ContentsI. Introduction 475 A. Structural Description 476 B. Biosynthesis 480 C. Biological Activity 481 D. Problems for Synthesis 483 II. Strategies and Results 483 A.

The synthesis of dihydropyrroles, pyrroles, and indoles through [3-atom + 2-atom] combination of ethyl or aryl tosylamide anions with phenyl(propynyl)iodonium triflate, and the base-mediated intramolecular bicyclization of alkynyliodonium-bearing tosylamide or tosylimide substrates to furnish bicyclic and tricyclic tosylenamide (-enimide) products, is described. A detailed discussion of the scope, limitations, byproduct formation, and the basis for observed diastereoselectivity is presented.

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