Treatment of phenanthrene with hydrogen sulfide and an alumina catalyst at 630° gives phenthro[4,5‐bcd]thiophene (XVII). Spectral properties of XVII, its sulfoxide, and its sulfone are presented. Other examples of the direct insertion of a sulfur bridging atom into an aromatic molecule are reviewed.
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