Cycloaddition reactions of sulphines with benzonitrile oxide
Abstract
Diarylsulphines (diaryl thioketone S-oxides) undergo cycloadditions with benzonitrile oxide to yield 1,4,2-oxathiazole 4-oxides, with the exception of thiofluorenone S-oxide which gives a 1,5,2-oxathiazole 5-oxide as the dominant product. From the nature of the products obtained from geometrically isomeric sulphines, the cycloaddition was shown to be stereospecific.