Preparation of N-aryl-4-oxo-4H-1-benzothiopyran-2-acetamides from trilithiated acetoacetanilides and lithiated methyl thiosalicylate

Acetoacetanilide and substituted acetoacetanilides were trilithiated in excess lithium diisopropylamide, and the polylithiated intermediates were regioselectively condensed with lithiated methyl th...