carbon chain with carbocyclic (phenyl and cyclopropane) and heterocyclic (epoxide and dioxolane) moieties were prepared and their cyclizations in the presence of bis(collidine)iodonium(I) and -bromonium(I) hexafluorophosphates as electrophiles were studied. Oxocanes were obtained in modest to good yields when a rigid cyclic moiety (cyclopropane or phenyl) was present in the chain, while yields of cyclizations