1 Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. lugao@scu.edu.cn zhenleisong@scu.edu.cn.
An efficient approach to synthesize benzosiloline has been developed using a visible light-promoted radical cyclization reaction of silicon-tethered alkyl iodide and phenyl alkyne.