Trithiadiazepyne
Abstract
6,7-Didehydrotrithiadiazepine (trithiadiazepyne)(3) is readily generated from 6-bromotrithiadiazepine (1) with Hünig's base or sodium methoxide, and is intercepted in high yield by dienes and nucleophiles; formation of the highly stabilised carbanion (2) and the hetaryne (3) are established by deuterium exchange, competition experiments, and generation of (3) from 6-chloro-, -bromo-, and -iodo-trithiadiazepine.