Our group is interested in the synthesis and reactivity of novel cyclic iodonium salts as well as their use in catalysis. We developed two one-pot procedures for the synthesis of carbon-bridged cyclic iodonium salts. Based on these recent findings, we now want to report a unique one-pot synthesis of O-and N-bridged iodonium triflates 1 and 2 by treating substituted phenols and anilines with in situ generated arynes (Scheme 1, b).