W. Holzer et al., ON THE REACTION OF DIETHYL 3,4-DIHYDROXYTHIOPHENE-2,5-DICARBOXYLATE WITH 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 125(11), 1994, pp. 1287-1291
Reaction of diethyl 3,4-dihydroxythiophene-2,5-dicarboxylate (1) with
an excess of 1,2-dibromoethane afforded a mixture of the 2,3-dihydroth
ieno[3,4-b][1,4]-dioxine-derivative 3 and the 3-oxo-2,3-dihydrothiophe
ne 4. Compounds 3 and 4 were characterized by spectroscopic methods.