The first successful polar cycloaddition of 1-benzothiopyranylium salts with conjugated dienes and transformation of the cycloadducts
Abstract
1-Benzothiopyranylium salts 1 underwent polar cycloaddition with conjugated dienes 2 to give benzo-fused bicyclic sulfonium salts 3 having sulfur at a bridgehead position in good yields, which were easily transformed into spiro compounds 4 and 5 by treatment with base.