Synthesis and photoreactivity of 4,5-dithienyl[1,3]dithiol-2-ones

Susan J Roberts-Bleming; Gemma L Davies; Maher Kalaji; Patrick J Murphy; Angela Maria Celli; Donato Donati; Fabio Ponticelli

doi:10.1021/jo034301d

Synthesis and photoreactivity of 4,5-dithienyl[1,3]dithiol-2-ones

J Org Chem. 2003 Sep 5;68(18):7115-8. doi: 10.1021/jo034301d.

Authors

Susan J Roberts-Bleming¹, Gemma L Davies, Maher Kalaji, Patrick J Murphy, Angela Maria Celli, Donato Donati, Fabio Ponticelli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Wales, Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.

PMID: 12946162
DOI: 10.1021/jo034301d

Abstract

Whereas irradiation of 4,5-dithiophen-2-yl[1,3]dithiol-2-one leads to the expected 2,3,5,6-tetrathiophen-2-yl-1,4-dithiine product, similar reaction of thiophen-3-yl-substituted [1,3]dithiol-2-ones leads to thieno[3,4-c]dithiines via a unique ring cleavage reaction.