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A one-pot reaction of maltol with Lawesson's reagent generates dithiomaltol, a thiopyran-4-thione, via an unusual heterocyclic atom exchange (HCAE) reaction; only pyrones with proton or aliphatic substituents undergo the HCAE substitution.
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Brayton et al. (2005) studied this question.
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