An efficient and straightforward one-pot synthetic protocol has been developed for the synthesis of 3-arylindolizine-1-carboxylates via 1, 3-dipolar annulation of 2-(2-nitro-1- arylethyl) malonates with pyridine and subsequent aromatisation in the presence of molecular iodine. The structure of methyl 3-(4-methoxyphenyl) indolizine-1-carboxylate (2a) and methyl 3-iodo-2-(4-nitrophenyl) indolizine-1-carboxylate (2f) was further confirmed by ...