Abstract
In the presence of PtCl 2 /CO catalyst, 2-alkenyl-(1′- hydroxyl-4-en-2-ynyl)benzenes undergo a tandem electrophilic 6-exo-dig cyclization-Nazarov cyclization sequence to give 1H-cyclopenta[a]naphthalenes efficiently and regioselectively. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.