Abstract: | The room temperature ionic liquid, 1‐n‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate bmim]PF6] is used as a ‘green’ recyclable alternative to classical molecular solvents for the cyclocondensation of α‐tosyloxyketones with thiobenzamide to prepare 2‐phenylthiazoles in good yields. |