... Heterocyclic Chem., 21, 1097 (1984 ... C02Et Br^ J^/C02E' OH ... Despite countless studies on the chemistry of 2-amino- thiazoles, little attention has been paid to 2-imino-3-hydr- oxy-2,3- dihydrothiazolines [4a]; until now, cyclization of a-thiocyanomethylketone oximes [5,6] is the ...