Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Deprotonation of dithiopropanoates with LDA in THF solution at −78°C afforded chiefly the cis lithium thioenolate in contrast with the trans enolization of most of carbonyl compounds. The cis geometry was proved by a thio-Claisen rearrangement.