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Ring Contractions of Thiochroman-4-ones and Thiochromen-4-ones
MacKenzie, Neil E.,Thomson, Ronald H.
, p. 395 - 402 (2007/10/02)
3-Bromothiochroman-4-one and its S-oxide undergo ring contraction on heating, especially in the presence of sodium acetate, to give mixtures which include thioindigo (9) and the ethanediylidenethioindigo (10).Brominated 2,2-dimethylthiochroman-4-one reacts on silica gel to form thioindigo, thioindirubin, and the bis(benzothieno)pyran (17).Bromination of thiochromanone gives a number of products, including 2,3-dibromothiochromen-4-one S-oxide which, on heating with sodium acetate in acetic acid, is converted efficiently into thioindigo.The mechanism of this reaction is investigated.
