Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan, ROC
Abstract:
1,3-Dithian-2-yl-phenylmethanols undergo efficient rearrangement to afford 2-phenyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-1,4-dithiepines. The reactions were found to show remarkable variation in products formation that is dictated by the substituents on the aryl ring.