Yq. Li et al., OXIDATIVE CYCLOADDITION OF THIOPHENOPHANES - [N](2.5)PARATHIOPHENOPHANE (N = 8,10-12,14), [8](2,4)METATHIOPHENOPHANE AND [2.2](2,5)PARAMETATHIOPHENOPHANE, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, (9), 1998, pp. 1841-1850
The oxidative cycloaddition of 3,4-dibromo-[n](2,5)-thiophenophanes 12
b-e and (2,4)[8]thiophenophane 16 with dienophiles gave stereoselectiv
ely O=S-bridged cycloadducts 18, 19 and 24. The X-ray analysis of cycl
oadduct 18a shows it to have a rigid conformation. The molecules can b
e regarded as a new series of paddlanes. Under the same oxidative cond
itions, 3,4-dibromo-[8] (2,5)thiophenophane (12a) gave the two dimers
29 and 30. The results of the X-ray analysis of 29 are discussed.