Zq. Jiang et J. Marquet, PHOTOCYCLIZATIONS OF ARYLTHIOFLUOROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS - SYNTHESIS OF BENZOTHIOPHENES, Heterocycles, 37(3), 1994, pp. 1443-1446
Intramolecular defluoro-photocyclizations of o-arylthiofluoroaromatic
compounds in aqueous solution afforded benzothiophene derivatives. Sim
ilar photoreactions in acetonitrile led, when possible, to arene thiol
ate displacement. A mechanistic rationale is discussed.