Peculiar reaction of N2‐acyl derivatives of 2‐aryl‐5‐hydrazino‐1,3‐oxazole‐4‐carbonitriles with the lawesson reagent

Easily accessible N²‐acyl derivatives of 2‐aryl‐5‐hydrazino‐1,3‐oxazole‐4‐carbonitriles react peculiarly with the Lawesson reagent. In addition to thionation, the reaction involves a recyclization to afford new substituted 2‐(5‐amino‐1,3‐thiazol‐4‐yl)‐1,3,4‐thiadiazoles. Their structure is corroborated spectroscopically and by the X‐ray diffraction method. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 18:782–785, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20413