Thienothiophenes occurrence

Both thienothiophenes (3) and (7) were subjected to competitive electrophilic substitution reactions with thiophene. The fused heterocycles were always more reactive than thiophene in acetylation, Vilsmeier formylation and chlorination with NCS. While acetylation of both (3) and (7) occurrred at a comparable rate, formylation and chlorination occurred faster in the [3,2-6]-fused isomer (3) than in the [2,3-6] isomer (7). 

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