The versatility of a titanium-inducedreductive oxo-amide coupling reaction is illustrated by the syntheses of the alkaloids secofascaplysin 8 and indolopyridocoline 14 as well as by an efficient and flexible approach to the arylated indole-2-carboxylic acid 4, which has recently been disclosed as a promising endothelin-receptor-antagonist. Depending on the particular substitution pattern in the substrates