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The alpha-thiocarbocation generated from the Pummerer reaction of an o
-benzoyl substituted sulfoxide is intercepted by the adjacent keto gro
up to produce an alpha-thio-isobenzofuran as a transient intermediate
which undergoes a subsequent Diels-Alder cycloaddition with added dien
ophiles.