The reactive conjugated cycloalkenethiones (3, 4, 5) have been synthesized
from the corresponding cycloalkenylsulfanyl compounds under flash vacuum th
ermolysis (FVT) conditions. The nonconjugated cycloalkenethiones (8, 9) wer
e prepared in the same way, the tautomerisation into;cycloalkadienethiols (
10, 11) occurred at 77 K. As for the cyclobutenethione 13, only the ring op
ening products were observed at 77 K.