Hh. Chen et al., Synthesis of certain 5-substituted thieno[2,3-b] thiophene-2-sulfonamides and thieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2-sulfonamide 6,6-dioxides, J HETERO CH, 36(1), 1999, pp. 249-256
A series of the title compounds were prepared for evaluation as inhibitors
of carbonic anhydrase II. Oxidation of 5-substituted thieno[2,3-b]thiophene
-2-sulfonamides provided the first examples of thiophene[2,3-b]thiophene-2-
sulfonamide 6,6-dioxides. These cyclic vinyl sulfones readily underwent add
ition to give predominately that 4,5-cis addition product.