| Abstract: | Syntheses of the title ring systems are described starting with benzothiazol‐2‐ylacetohydrazide (1). Thus, 1 was reacted with carbon disulfide to afford the 2‐methyl heteroaryl derivative 2, which on reaction with hydrazine hydrate yielded the corresponding triazole compound 3. Also, 1 can undergo a reaction with an isothiocyanate to give the N‐thiocarbonyl adduct 4 that can then be cyclized to produce a 2‐methyl heteroaryl analog 5 or 6. Compounds 8 or 9 could be obtained by the reaction of 1 with an aryl aldehyde followed by malononitrile or via its self‐cyclization, respectively. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 10: 177–182, 1999 |
