The synthesis of a 1‐aryltetralin privileged structure‐based library of novel angular heterocyclic lignans is described. Indolotetralins 3, tetrahydroquinolinotetralins 4, and thiochromanotetralins 5 were obtained from the methyl ester of thuriferic acid 2 according to a three‐step procedure involving an InCl3‐catalyzed Friedel–Crafts‐type cyclization as the key step.(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)