“…The reaction of 10,11-dihydro-11-one with sodium hydroxide with carbon disulfide at 0 °C in THF, along with alkylation with methyl iodide, produced an α-oxoketene dithioacetal (18). When compound (19) reacted with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in the presence of sodium ethoxide in refluxing ethanol, a 3-ethoxydibenzenopino [4,5-c] isoxazole (20) was obtained, whereas in the presence of a non-nucleophilic base like barium hydroxide, 3-(methylthio)dibenzoxepino- [4,5-c]isoxazole was produced with an 86% yield, and in the presence of sodium acetate-acetic acid buffer, a regioisomeric 3-(methylthio)dibenzoxepino [4,5-d] isoxazole (21) was obtained [14]. Inga Cikotiene studied the intramolecular iodine-mediated oxygen transfer from nitro groups to C=C bonds (Scheme 12).…”