Gh. Elgemeie et al., SYNTHESIS OF SOME NOVEL ALPHA-CYANOKETENE S,S-ACETALS AND THEIR USE IN HETEROCYCLIC SYNTHESIS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (21), 1997, pp. 3285-3289
A variety of novel alpha-cyanoketene S,S-acetals, readily prepared by
the reaction of cyanoacetanilides or cyanothioacetamide with carbon di
sulfide, followed by alkylation, react smoothly with nucleophiles to a
fford variously substituted methylthio derivatives of pyrrole, pyrazol
e, pyridine and pyrimidine.