Bf. Bonini et al., A NEW SYNTHETIC METHOD FOR 2-SILYL-THIACYCLOALK-2-ENES OF DIFFERENT RING SIZE BY INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION THROUGH SILYL THIONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(49), 1994, pp. 9227-9228
Haloacylsilanes 1a-d were transformed by H2S/Cl into the corresponding
silyl thiones 2 which underwent enethiolization on base treatment. En
ethiols 3 cyclized intramolecularly to afford the title compounds 4a-d
in high yields.