Kj. Szabo et al., DIRECT BROMINATION OF DITHIENO[3,4-B-3',4'-D]PYRIDINE AND DITHIENO[2,3-B-3',2'-D]PYRIDINE, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 30(2), 1993, pp. 543-544
Bromination of dithieno[3,4-b:3',4'-d]pyridine (1) and dithieno[2,3-b:
3',2'-d]pyridine (2) has been studied. Disubstitution occurred at both
positions of the C ring. The substitution pattern is found to be simi
lar to that of the nitration reaction. The structures of bromo derivat
ives were established by H-1 and C-13 nmr spectroscopy.