Reinvestigation of the reported preparation of 3-(4-nitrophenyl)thiazolo[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazepines

2-(1H-Pyrazol-1-yl)-4-(4-nitrophenyl)thiazoles 2a and 2b , resulting from the condensation of 2-hydrazino-4-(4-nitrophenyl)thiazole ( 1 ) and acetylacetone and dibenzoylmethane, respectively, were previously 4] misas-signed as 3-(4-nitrophenyl)thiazolo2,3-c]1,2,4]triazepines 3a and 3b . The assignments were corrected by authentic syntheses of 2a and 2b from 2-chloro-5-(4-nitrophenyl)thiazole ( 6 ) and 3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole and 3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazole, respectively. In addition, the mass spectrum of 2a is reported. An apparent ionmolecule reaction produces an ion of significant intensity at m/e 394.