Am. Soliman et al., SYNTHESIS OF SOME NEW DISPIRO[DIPYRANO-(2,4' ,4'')BIDITHIOLO(4,5-B/4',5'-E)-4,8-BENZOQUINONES]/, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 126(5), 1995, pp. 615-619
The one pot reaction of acetylacetone, CS2, and tetrabromobenzoquinone
in a 2:2:1 molar ratio affords lidene)-bidithiolo-(4,5-b:4'5'-e)-4,8-
benzoquinone (3) which was allowed to react with some active methylene
reagents in a 1:2 molar ratio to give the dispiro derivatives 5-11. T
he reaction is assumed to proceed via a hydrolysis of the two acetyl g
roups in compound 3 followed by a nucleophilic addition of the active
methylene reagents at the two ethylenic bonds and subsequent cyclizati
on.