The 2-pyridone–pyran-2-imine and pyridine-2-thione-thiopyran-2-imine systems; interconversions and characterisation of isomeric species
Abstract
Whereas 2-arylamino-4,6-diphenylpyrylium chlorides are readily converted into 2-pyridones, the corresponding 2-arylamino-4,6-diphenylthiopyryliuni iodides do not give pyridine-2-thiones; mass spectra unambiguously distinguish between isomeric structures in these series.