K. Kobayashi et al., One-pot synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted naphtho[2,3-b]thiophene-4,9-diones from a 2-sulfenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone and enamines, CHEM LETT, (6), 1999, pp. 503-504
The title naphthothiophenequinone derivatives were generally synthesized in
one-pot using a tandem conjugate addition-cyclization sequence between 2-[
2-(ethoxycarbonyl)ethyl]thio-1,4-naphthoquinone and enamines, derived from
cyclic and acyclic ketones.