“…Among 2-oxo-1,2,3-dioxathiane structures, the cyclic sulfite analogues of topiramate have proven to be promising anticonvulsant agents, 1h whereas a cyclosulfite podophyllotoxin analogue was shown to be a potent antitumor agent. 1i Moreover, the conformation of 2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxathianes has been studied intensively by means of dipole moments, 3 infrared spectroscopy, 4,5 electron diffraction, 6 chemical equilibration, 7 ultrasonic absorption, 8 1 H and 13 C NMR spectroscopy, 4,5,[9][10][11] X-ray diffraction, 12 and mass spectroscopy. 13 It has been shown that an equilibrium exists in this type of rings with the exocyclic oxygen in the axial or equatorial orientation depending on the substituents of the six-membered ring.…”