Nucleophilic displacements of N-aryl and heteroaryl groups. Part 2. Pyrylium-mediated transformations of anilines into aryl-sulphur functionality
Abstract
Carbon disulphide and methyl iodide converted the anhydrobases (3) into 8-[(methylthio)thiocarbonyl]pyridinium iodides (4) which afforded new pyridinium anhydrobases (5) with ethoxide. These anhydrobases rearranged into the isomeric ketene S,S-dithioacetals (6), precursors for disulphides.