Electrochemical oxidation of 6(7)-benzoylperimidines was shown to involve two stages of single electron transfer. Based on cyclic voltammetry and microelectrolysis data, a synthetic method was developed for the peri annelation of thiophene ring to benzoyl derivatives of perimidine. A new method was proposed for the preparation of 1-thia-5,7-diazacyclopenta[cd]phenalenes by fusing 6(7)-carbonyl derivatives of perimidine with elemental sulfur.Thiophenes and condensed heterocyclic derivatives of thiophenes are structural elements in many biologically active compounds [1] and potential drugs [2]. Besides that, thiophene derivatives represent useful building blocks for chemical synthesis [3].We have previously developed a method for the peri annelation of thiophene nucleus to 1Н-perimidine derivatives, based on benzoylation of perimidine-6(7)-thiols with benzoic acid in polyphosphoric acid [4]. This method was successfully used for preparing the first two derivatives of the previously unknown 1-thia-5,7-diazacyclopenta[cd]phenalene heterocyclic system.Many of the reactions involving elemental sulfur occur by free radical mechanism [5-8], therefore in the first part of our work we studied the electrochemical oxidation and reduction of 6(7)-benzoylperimidines. Taking into account the high reactivity of radical ion intermediates in the synthesis of sulfur derivatives [9, 10], we considered the possible cyclization of 1H-perimidine carbonyl derivatives with the participation of hydrogen sulfide under the conditions of radical ion initiation at room temperature.The starting substrates for this work were the benzoylperimidines 1а-с. A cyclic voltammetry investigation of these compounds (Table 1, Fig. 1) revealed two stages of electrochemical single-electron oxidation. The first quasi-reversible stage at the potential of Е = 0.72-0.75 V involved the formation of unstable radical cation, which underwent further single-electron oxidation (Е = 1.52-1.62 V), followed by deprotonation. The lack of a proton peak in the cathode segment of the cyclic voltammetry curve indicated the absence of free protons in the solution due to the likely protonation of either the starting compound or alkaline impurities in the solvent.