“…While currently still underutilized, it offers a convenient method to introduce novel structural motifs. 22 For example, Cossy and Belotti used a photooxygenation for the preparation of quinoline-5,8-quinones, 23 and Prisinzano et al generated salvidivin A from salvinorin A by exposure to sun light. 24 The reaction of 1 under ambient laboratory light generated the novel 7-iminothieno[3,2- c ]pyridine-4,6(5 H ,7 H )-dione 13 , but the conversion was incomplete with a significant amount of 1 left after 2 days (entry 1).…”