W. Schroth et al., 1,2-DITHIINS AND PRECURSORS .17. SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF THIENO ANNELLATED 1,2-DITHIINS - STRUCTURAL INFLUENCE ON COLOR, Tetrahedron, 53(22), 1997, pp. 7509-7528
Various thieno[3,2-c] anellated (59, 26) and dithieno[3,2-c:2,3-e] ane
llated I,2-dithiins (32 a-c, 45) were obtained starting from appropria
te thiophene precursors. The absorption maxima covered the range from
430 to 467 nm indicating olefinic rather than aromatic character of th
e anellating thiophene units. Access to the isomeric thieno[2,3-c] ane
llated series failed due to competing reactions in the final stage, e.
g. by the formation of the 12-membered cyclic bis-disulfide 53. (C) 19
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