Rabota posvyashchena razrabotke metodov sinteza novykh klassov spiropiranov, spirooksazinov, a takzhe merotsianinovykh krasiteley ryada 1-benzotieno 3,2-b]pirrola. Uspeshnoe vypolnenie postavlennoy zadachi stalo vozmozhnym blagodarya sozdaniyu novogo effektivnogo metoda polucheniya 3N-benzotienopirrolov - iskhodnykh soedineniy dlya sinteza spirosoedineniy i merotsianinov. Otdel'nogo vnimaniya zasluzhivaet obnaruzhennaya ne imeyushchaya analogov v literature sigmatropnaya peregruppirovka 3N-(benzo)tienopirrolov, privodyashchaya k ustoychivym 2N-izomeram, na osnove kotorykh byli polucheny unikal'nye merotsianinovye krasiteli. V obzore literatury obobshcheny rezul'taty issledovaniy, posvyashchyennykh sintezu spirosoedineniy i merotsianinov. Osoboe vnimanie udeleno demonstratsii obshchnosti sinteticheskikh podkhodov k etim na pervyy vzglyad razlichnym klassam organicheskikh soedineniy. Kniga mozhet byt' interesna khimikam-sintetikam v oblasti geterotsiklicheskikh soedineniy, a takzhe razrabotchikam fotokhromnykh materialov.