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The thiocarbonyl group of monothiomaleimide 1 serves as a more reactiv
e dienophile than the electron-deficient C=C double bond in the same m
olecule for the Diets-Alder reaction with dienes 2c-g and provides ort
ho-endo products 3 exclusively or predominantly over the other possibl
e adducts 4-10.