“…Isochromenylium (benzopyrilium) ions I are often the key intermediate and generated in situ. [7] In addition to o-alkynylbenzaldehydes, its acetals and o-alkynyl-benzylalcohol/-acetophenone derivatives could also be the precursors to isochromenylium, and many metal complexes, including Au, [8] Ag, [9] Cu, [10] Pt, [11] Pd, [12] Zn, [13] Hg [14] and Re [15] have been applied with good efficiency and regioselectivity. Inexpensive, environmentally benign non-metal oxidants, [16] Brønsted acids [17] and Lewis acids [18] have also been developed for this purpose.…”