Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20072016), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Education Department (No. 03KJB 150009) and the Subject Foundation of Huaihai Institute of Technology (No. XK01009).
The Willgerodt-Kindler reaction of acetophenone was studied. Apart from the normal product 4-(benzylthiocarbonyl)morpholine, another product 4-(benzoylthiocarbonyl)morpholine was obtained unexpectedly. The structu...