Reaction of thiosemicarbazide with n-cyanoguanidine: synthesis of 3,5-diamino-1-thiocarbamoyl-and 3,5-diamino-1-thiazol-2-yl-1,2,4-triazoles

The reaction of thiosemicarbazide with N-cyanoguanidine in an acidic medium afforded 3,5-diamino-1-thiocarbamoyl-1,2,4-triazole, whose condensation with α-halo ketones gave 3,5-diamino-1-thiazol-2-yl-1,2,4-triazoles 7a–d. The latter were also prepared by the independent synthesis from 2-hydrazinothiazoles and N-cyanoguanidine. Acylation of compounds 7a,d under mild conditions and their condensation with aldehydes occur at the C(3′)NH₂group. The structure of aroyl derivative 11c was established by X-ray diffraction. Acylation of diaminothiazolyltriazole 7a in boiling Ac₂O afforded 3,5-diacetylamino-1-(4-phenylthiazol-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole. Hydrogenation of arylidene derivatives 14b,c and aroyl derivative 11c gave the corresponding benzylaminotriazoles 15a,b. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 329–334, February, 2006.