Preparation of New Nitrogen-Bridged Heterocycles. Part 33. A New Preparative Method for Thieno(3,2-a)indolizines.-Treatment of (I) with tBu-OK causes ring opening and formation of 2-indolizinethiolates, which undergo alkylation to give the S-alkylated 1-vinylindolizines (III). 2-Acetonylthio-and 2-phenacylthio derivatives of these products undergo an intramolecular Michael addition to afford the thieno(3,2-a)indolizines (V) with elimination of a methylene compound. -(KAKEHI, A.; ITO, S.; UEDA, T.; TAKANO, S.; Chem.