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Thermolysis of an overcrowded tin-containing four-membered boracycle,
1,3,2-dithiastannaboretane derivative 6, bearing an extremely bulky ar
yl group, 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl (Tbt), on the bo
ron atom in the presence of several 1,3-dienes in toluene at 120 degre
es C gave the corresponding diene adducts of an initially formed thiox
oborane (Tbt-B=S; 7) together with a trimer of diphenylstannanethione
8. Retro [4+2]cycloaddition of the diene adducts into the thioxoborane
7 is also described. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd