Flow vacuum thermolysis (FVT) of thiophene-2, 3-dicarboxylic anhydride (2) in the presence of 2, 3-dimethylbutadiene (6) gives, in addition to 5, 6-dimethylthianaphthene (9). small quantities of a dihydrodimethylthianaphthene (12) and another dimethylthianaphthene (13) which is probably also formed by dehydrogenation of 12 with chloranil. The partial structures of these minor products are consistent with their being formed by a [2+ 2]-cycloaddition ...
[Linden, Johannes B. van der; Asten, Peter F. T. M. van; Braverman, Samuel; Zwanenburg, Binne Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1995 , vol. 114, # 2 p. 51 - 60]