Youquan Zhang, Aimin Yu, Jiru Jia, Shanshan Ma, Ke Li, Yin Wei and Xiangtai Meng
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 10672-10675
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC04466F,
Communication
The [4+3] annulation reaction of crotonate-derived sulfur ylides with thioaurones has, for the first time, been reported using NaH as the base. A diverse array of 2,5-dihydrobenzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-b]oxepines is obtained in good to excellent yields. The proposed mechanism is investigated and supported by DFT calculations.