Facile 5-endo electrophilic cyclization of unsaturated amides with tBuOCl/I2

5-Endo iodocyclization of various β,γ-unsaturated amides proceeded smoothly to give the corresponding conjugated iminolactones exclusively in satisfactory yields with the use of tBuOCl and I2 as the reagents, which proved to be much advantageous over the conventional I2/NaHCO3.