Synthesis of condensed thiophens via[2,3] and [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangements of aryl prop-2-ynyl sulphoxides
Abstract
Condensed thiophens are obtained by heating aryl prop-2-ynyl sulphoxides in a suitable protic solvent via consecutive [2,3] and [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangements, ketolization, and SN2′ attack of the solvent molecule.