start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=19 article-no= start-page=1947 end-page=1952 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2020 dt-pub=20200921 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Integrated Synthesis of Thienyl Thioethers and Thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes via 1-Benzothiophen-3(2H)-ones en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A one-pot procedure for the synthesis of thienyl thioethers is described. Several thienyl thioethers were synthesized by a TfOH-promoted Friedel–Crafts-type cyclization, a subsequent nucleophilic attack by an arenethiol, and dehydration. This protocol was successfully applied to the synthesis of thienoacene derivatives by using a Pd-catalyzed dehydrogenative cyclization. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MitsudoKoichi en-aut-sei=Mitsudo en-aut-mei=Koichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=HabaraNanae en-aut-sei=Habara en-aut-mei=Nanae kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KobashiYoshiak en-aut-sei=Kobashi en-aut-mei=Yoshiak kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KurimotoYuji en-aut-sei=Kurimoto en-aut-mei=Yuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MandaiHiroki en-aut-sei=Mandai en-aut-mei=Hiroki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=SugaSeiji en-aut-sei=Suga en-aut-mei=Seiji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil=Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil=Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil=Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil=Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=5 en-affil= Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gifu University of Medical Science kn-affil= affil-num=6 en-affil=Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= en-keyword=thienyl thioethers kn-keyword=thienyl thioethers en-keyword=thioetherification kn-keyword=thioetherification en-keyword=one-pot synthesis kn-keyword=one-pot synthesis en-keyword=metal-free kn-keyword=metal-free en-keyword=halide-free kn-keyword=halide-free en-keyword=thienoacenes kn-keyword=thienoacenes END