&: ooc" a"(a) RX, K2C03, acetone reflux;(b) RX, Me2S0, 25" C;(c) LiC1, HMPA, 80" C, or NaCl, wet Me2S0, 150" C. active functional group for a ring transformation. However, organic syntheses using 4-thianone have been little studied and only a few examples such as steroid synthesis by the use of S-methyl-4-oxothianium ion2 and optically active alcohol synthesis by enzymic reduction of 4-thianone3 have been reported. In recent years, there ...