Fluorination with xenon difluoride; Part IX. Reaction with phenylsubstituted sulphides

Fluorination of phenyl-methylsulphide with xenon difluoride yields phenyl-fluoromethylsulphide. Further fluorination leads to phenyl-difluoromethylsulphide. Reaction with cis-2,6-diphenyltetrahydro-1-thio-4-pyrone results in the dehydrogenated product 2,6-diphenyldihydro-1-thio-4-pyrone, while further reaction leads to 2,6-diphenyl-1-thio-4-pyrone; thiochroman-4-one yields thiochromen-4-one. No evidence for precursors of the products isolated at room temperature was found.