Y. Tominaga et al., PHOTOCYCLIZATION OF 2-(NAPHTH-1-YL)-3-(THIEN-2-YL)PROPENOIC ACID AND THE TOTAL ASSIGNMENT OF THE H-1-NMR AND C-13-NMR SPECTRA OF THE PRODUCT, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 33(4), 1996, pp. 1017-1018
Photocyclization of the substituted 2-(naphth-1-yl)-3-(thien-2-yl)prop
enoic acid (3) in the presence of iodine and air in a benzene-cyclohex
ane mixture afforded a separable mixture of three compounds, phenanthr
o[2,1-b]thiophene-10-carboxylic acid (4), phenanthro[2,1-b]thiothene (
5), and naphtho[1,8-cde]-thieno[3,2-g][2]benzopyran (6).