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Reaction of benzoyl(thioacetanilides) 1 with (E)-beta-nitrostyrenes 2
yields enzoyl-5-hydroxyimino-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrothiophenes 7. In PPA me
dium the oxime function of 7 undergoes dehydration and hydrolysis lead
ing to -2-arylimino-3-benzoyl-2,5-dihydro-5-oxothiophenes 9. Reaction
of 7 with hydrochloric acid involves dehydration, hydrolysis and ring
transformation to iaryl-3-benzoyl-2,5-dihydro-5-oxo-2-thioxopyrroles 1
0. Acetic anhydride reacts with 7 to yield 4-aryl-2-arylimino-3-benzoy
l-2,5-dihydrothiophenes 11.