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The transformation of the ketone group of compound 5 into the corresponding
methylenic group in 6 allowed the thermal retro Diels-Alder generation of
alpha,beta -unsaturated thioketone 7, which reacts as heterodiene or hetero
dienophile to give 5,6-dihydro-4H- or 2H-thiopyran derivatives 12-15 and 17
, respectively.