K. Hartke et al., INTRAMOLECULAR DIELS-ALDER ADDUCTS FROM 1,2-DITHIOLIUM SALTS AND METAL CYCLOPENTADIENIDES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(23), 1994, pp. 3893-3896
Reactions of 3,5-diaryl-1,2-dithiolium salts 1 with alkali cyclopentad
ienides 2 lead to a scission of the S,S-bond followed by an intramolec
ular Diels Alder addition to yield the tricyclic products 4. These rea
rrange readily to the more stable isomers 5.