3- Methylbenzothiophene oxide

In the head-to-head transition state, the component dipoles point in the same direction and the net moment is expected to be greater than that of the head-to-tail transition state where the component dipoles lie in opposite directions. Therefore, the solvent effect appears due to the polarity differences in the transition states leading to the head-to-head and head-to-tail dimers. 2-Methylbenzothiophene oxide gave the corresponding... 

The oxidation of methylbenzothiophenes by cells grown with 1-methylnaphthalene (Saflic et al. 1992). 

The employment of aryl 2-chloroprop-2-enyl sulfides (or ethers) as thio-Claisen rearrangement substrates neatly eliminates the necessity for an oxidative step thus providing a route to 2-methylbenzothiophenes (-benzofurans). ... 

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