An unprecedented gold-catalyzed bicyclization reaction of diaryl alkynes has been developed for the synthesis of indoles in good to high yields. Mechanistically, this alkyne bifunctionalization transformation was terminated by a stepwise formal X-H insertion reaction to furnish the corresponding polycyclic-frameworks with structural diversity, and the key intermediate 3 H-indole was isolated and characterized for the first time. In addition, further transformation of these generated tetracyclic-indoles with PCC as the oxidant provided straightforward access to the spirooxindoles in high yields.
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