Synthesis and structure of 3-allenyl-4-aryl-7,7-dimethyl-5-oxo-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroquinoline-3-carbonitriles

3-Allenyl-4-aryl-7,7-dimethyl-5-oxo-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroquinoline-3-carbonitriles were synthesized via [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of 4-aryl-7,7-dimethyl-5-oxo-2-(prop-2-yn-1-ylsulfanyl)-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline-3-carbonitriles. The structure of 3-allenyl-7,7-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)-5-oxo-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroquinolin-3-carbonitrile was determined by X-ray analysis.