“…In the presence of halogen, sulfur and selenium electrophiles, a wide variety of functionally-substituted alkynes undergo electrophilic cyclization to form the corresponding heterocyclic and carbocyclic compounds, including indoles,20 benzofurans,21 benzothiophenes,22 benzoselenophenes,23 benzopyrans,24 furans,25 naphthols,26 naphthalenes,27 isoindolinones,28 coumestans and coumestrols,29 chromones,30 isocoumarins and α-pyrones,31 isochromenes,32 isoquinolines,33 quinolines,34 isoxazoles,35 polycyclic aromatics,36 pyrroles,37 furopyridines,38 furanones,39 and spiro[4,5]trienones 40…”