“…The crude product was purified by chromatography over SiO 2 (CH 2 Cl 2 /AcOEt (3:1) with and a few drops of NEt 3 as the eluent; R f = 0.3) to yield 2 a as an orange-yellow solid (87 mg; 37 %). Suitable single crystals for X-ray analysis were grown by vapor diffusion of pentane onto a solution of 2 a in CH 2 Cl 2 1. H NMR (CD 2 Cl 2 , 300 MHz): d = 7.57 (s, 1 H), 7.47-7.41 (m, 3 H), 7.37-7.32 (m, 2 H), 6.78 (s, 1 H), 6.41 (s, 2 H), 5.58 ppm (s, 2 H); { 1 H} 13 C NMR (CD 2 Cl 2 , 75 MHz): d = 140.8, 134.6, 129.1, 128.8, 128.2, 125.0, 120.1, 119.2, 119.1, 115.0, 54.3 ppm; MS (MALDI-TOF): m/z 361.0 [M + ]; elemental analysis (%) for C 15 H 11 N 3 S 4 : C 49.83, H 3.07, N 11.62, S 35.48; found: C 49.60, H 3.06, N 11.24, S 35.02.…”