A radical cascade involving 6-endo cyclization of aryl radicals generated from N-acryloyl-N- (1-methylethenyl)-9-bromophenanthren-10-ylmethylamines, followed by 5-endo-trig cyclization of the resulting α-amidoyl radicals afforded phenanthroindolizidines bearing a methyl substituent at the angular C13a position. 2, 3, 6-Trimethoxy derivative was synthesized by using this method, but its spectral data were not in accord with those of ...