T. Ozturk, AN UNUSUAL REACTION OF LAWESSONS REAGENT WITH 1,8-DIKETONES - A SYNTHESIS OF FUSED 1,4-DITHIINS AND THIOPHENES, Tetrahedron letters, 37(16), 1996, pp. 2821-2824
Reaction of 1,8-diketones 3 with Lawesson's reagent 8 resulted in the
formation of five and six-membered rings 5-7, 18, depending on the nat
ure of the substituents. Product 6 is converted in two steps to the un
symmetric 'ET' analogue 20, containing an extra double bond. Copyright
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