“…411,412 The key active species in these reactions, N-acylnitrenium intermediates 171, are initially generated from amides 170 and BTI, and the experimental evidence supports the ionic mechanism of these cyclization reactions. 413 This methodology can be used to prepare various heterocyclic compounds, such as heterocycle-fused quinolinones, 414 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one derivatives and fused indeno-1,4-diazepinones, 415,416 benzo-, naphtho-, and heterocycle-fused pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]diazepines, 417 quinolinones or pyrrolidinones, 418 dibenzo[a,c]phenanthridines, 419 thiazolofused quinolinone derivatives, 420 lin-2-ones, 421 indolines, 422 5-aroyl-pyrrolidinone derivatives, 423,424 indazolones, 425 substituted indolizidinones, 426,427 1-arylpyrrolopyrazinones, 428 benzisothiazolene, 429,430 isothiazolones, 431 α-hydroxyalkyl lactam derivatives, 432 structurally diverse pyrrolo(benzo)diazepines, 433 and furopyrimidinones. 434 Representative examples include the preparation of pyrrolidinones 174 from alkynylamides 173, 423,424 benzisothiazol-3ones 176 from 2-mercaptoamides 175, 429 and hydroxyl lactams 178 from o-alkyl hydroxamates 177 (Scheme 53).…”