A series of heterocycle‐substituted acetophenones were prepared and reacted with the Brønsted superacid CF3SO3H (triflic acid=trifluoromethanesulfonic acid). Cyclodehydration provided aryl‐substituted imidazo[2,1‐a]isoquinolines and related products (28–85%, seven examples). A mechanism is proposed involving dicationic intermediates.
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