J. Svoboda et al., ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION-REACTIONS OF [1]BENZOTHIENO[3,2-B]FURAN, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 61(6), 1996, pp. 888-900
In chlorination, bromination, iodination, nitration, sulfonation, form
ylation, and trifluoroacetylation of [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]furan (1) th
e substituent enters the 2-position. The said halogenations go by the
addition-elimination mechanism. When the substitution is continued, th
e second substituent enters the 6-position of heterocycle 1. The H-1 a
nd C-13 NMR spectra have been completely assigned. Substituent effects
on NMR parameters are discussed.