Abstract Lithiated 1-methoxy-3-phenylallenes were generated in situ from a phenyl- substituted propargylic ether. They smoothly combined with aldehydes, ketones, or imines to give allenyl adducts, which cyclized to highly substituted heterocycles either under basic conditions or with silver nitrate assistance. Analogously, a dihydropyrrole derivative was obtained by the addition of anisyl-substituted lithiated methoxyallene derivative to an N- ...
