Thioxanthene-1,4,9-trione and its 2(3)-chloro and 2,3-dichloro derivatives reacted with amines to give the corresponding 2-amino-substituted products.R 1 = H, R 2 = Ph (a); R 1 = H, R 2 = 4-BuC 6 H 4 (b); R 1 = H, R 2 = cyclohexyl (c); R 1 R 2 N = piperidino (d).Quinones are known to react with amines according to nucleophilic 1,4-addition pattern with intermediate formation of aminohydroquinones which undergo oxidation with the initial quinone (or other oxidant) to give aminoquinones [1][2][3]. The site of nucleophile addition to benzo-, naphtho-, and anthraquinones is obvious, whereas formation of different regioisomers is possible in reactions with unsymmetrical quinones, e.g., those in which the quinoid ring is fused to a heteroring or a substituted benzene ring. In these cases, the quinone carbonyl groups are nonequivalent, and each of them may be involved in nucleophile addition at the conjugated bond system. In this respect, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic quinones were studied most thoroughly; the direction of their reactions with amines is determined by the solvent nature, substitution pattern in the substrate, and catalysis by metal salts. A classical example illustrating the above stated is given by 5,8-quinolinequinone and its monochloro derivatives [4]. Unsubstituted 5,8-quinolinequinone reacts with aniline to produce addition products at positions 6 and 7 at a ratio of ~1 : 1 (in ethanol) or 6.5 : 1 (in acetic acid), whereas 6-phenylamino derivative is formed exclusively in the presence of CeCl 3 · 7 H 2 O as catalyst (in ethanol). 6-Chloro-5,8-quinolinequinone in the absence of catalyst reacts mainly according to the addition pattern to form 7-phenylamino derivative, while replacement of the 6-chlorine atom becomes the only process under catalytic conditions. 7-Chloro-5,8-quinolinequinone is converted into 7-chloro-6-phenylamino derivative as the only product both in the absence and in the presence of catalyst. Analogous studies were performed for other nitrogencontaining quinones, such as indole-4,7-quinone [5], isoquinoline-5,8-quinone [6], and phenanthridine-7,10-quinone [7], as well as for 5-substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones [8].There are no published data on the regioselectivity of amination of sulfur-containing heterocyclic quinones. Known quinones of the thioxanthene series are thioxanthene-1,4,9-trione (I), which is available via oxidation of 1,4-dihydroxythioxanthen-9-one (II) with potassium bromate [9], ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate [10], or moist iodous acid [11], and its 2,3-dichloro derivative III obtained by oxidative chlorination of thioxanthenone II with molecular chlorine [12] or