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The alpha-thiocarbocation generated from the Pummerer reaction of an o
-amido substituted sulfoxide is intercepted by the adjacent carbonyl g
roup to produce an alpha-amino isobenzofuran as a transient intermedia
te which undergoes a subsequent Diels-Alder cycloaddition with added d
ienophiles.