general synthetic method for a wide range of medicinally useful 2-carboxylate derivatives of acridinols, quinolinols, and naphthalenols has been developed via silver-catalyzed electrophilic cyclization of 3-(2-alkynyl)aryl-β-ketoesters. The designed reaction involved selective C–C bond formation on more electrophilic alkynyl carbon, which resulted in the regioselective 6-endo-dig cyclized product, as confirmed