Thermal rearrangement of 2,2-disubstituted benzothiazoline I-oxides (1) in
aprotic solvent afforded the corresponding 1,4-benzothiazines (2) and (3).
The thermal reaction performed in the presence of electron-deficient acetyl
enic compounds produced new tricyclic compounds (7) whose structures have b
een established by an X-Ray crystal structure determination.