The formation of substituted benzimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolines by the palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of 2-[Z-(2-trimethylsilyl-ethynyl)phenyll-1H-benzimidazole is described.
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LaVoie et al. (1996) studied this question.