Unusual product of the reaction of 1-phenyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(2-oxocyclohexyl)-1-propanone with hydrogen sulfide and acids: 2α-phenyl-2,4-ortho-(14,15-dimethoxybenzo)-cis-1-thiadecalin

The reaction of 1-phenyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(2-oxocyclohexyl)-1-propanone with hydrogen sulfide and acids gives an intramolecular rearrangement product, 2α-phenyl-2,4-ortho-(14,15-dimethoxybenzo)-cis-1-thiadecalin in addition to the usual products of disproportionation of intermediate 2-phenyl-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5,6-tetramethylene-4H-thiopyran, namely, 5,6-tetramethylenethio-pyrilium salts and 2α-phenyl-4α-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-cis-1-thiadecalin. The configurational and conformational assignments for the sulfides, their sulfoxides, and sulfones were made by 13C NMR spectroscopy