“…1a,b,d Therefore, we have recently reported a facile method for the preparation of 4-monosubstituted and 4,4-disubstituted derivatives by the reaction of 2-lithiophenyl isothiocyanates with aldehydes, ketones, or butanolide. 2 Literature searching revealed that there have been no reports on the synthesis of derivatives carrying an alkoxy substituent at the 4-position. In this paper, we wish to describe the results of our study on the reaction of 2-isothiocyanatobenzoates 1 with organolithiums including lithium enolates of acetates and tertiary acetamides, which provide facile access to 4-substituted 4-alkoxy-1,4-dihydro-3,1-benzoxazine-2-thiones 3.…”