title: Unprecedented conversion of triethylamine and disulfur dichloride into a thienopentathiepin and a heptathiocane.
abstract: [reaction: see text] In a remarkable cascade reaction, triethylamine is converted into the thienopentathiepin 2a and the heptathiocane 3a by a preequilibrated solution of disulfur dichloride and DABCO in chloroform.
authors.affiliation: N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Lidia S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Konstantinova
authors.forename: Oleg A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Rakitin
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: Ljudmila I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Souvorova
authors.forename: Denis G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Golovanov
authors.forename: Konstantin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lyssenko