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Treatment of arylketene bis(methylthio)acetal monoxide with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride leads to ring-closure to afford 2-methylthiobenzo[b]thiophene in high yield. The reaction is useful for synthesizing multisubstituted benzo[b]thiophenes.
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