Iodine (or related species) addition to 1,4-dihydropyridinls, with pro
perly attached substituents at the nitrogen atom, leads to the corresp
onding 3-iodotetrahydlopyridinium ions, which undergo an internal nucl
eophilic attack to furnish regio- and stereoselectively iodobi(poly)he
terocyclic ring systems in good yields. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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