Cycloaddition Reactions of Azatrienes with Sulfene

Parvesh Singh, Krishna Bisetty

Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, Steve Biko Campus, Durban, South Africa.

DOI: 10.4236/ijoc.2012.22019                

Abstract

Unprecedented cycloaddition reactions of azatrienes (1) with sulfene leading to the synthesis of functionalized thiazinedioxide derivatives (5) are described. The reactions were found be highly regioselective resulting in the formation of only [4 + 2] cycloadducts.

Keywords

Azadiene; Azatriene; Cycloaddition; Sulfene; Thiazine-Dioxide

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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