B. Schulze et al., SYNTHESIS OF SPIROCYCLIC ISOTHIAZOLIUM SA LTS AND THEIR BASE-CATALYZED REACTION TO THIANTHRENES, Journal fur praktische Chemie, Chemiker-Zeitung, 338(5), 1996, pp. 424-429
N-Phenyl-substituted isothiazolium salts 1 with active 7-methylene gro
up react under the influence of bases to the spirocyclic isothiazolium
salts raccis- and rac-trans-4; the salts trans-4 are not stable and r
eact to the thianthrene derivatives rac-trans-6. Thus, a very simple s
eparation of diastereoisomeric salts rac-cis- and rac-trans-4 is possi
ble. The influence of donor and acceptor substituents in the phenyl gr
oup of 1 on the diastereoselective synthesis of 4 and 6 was studied. T
he structure of rac-cis-4 and rac-trans-6 was confirmed by X-ray analy
sis.