Reaction of O-ethyl thiocarbamate (4) with (chlorocarbonyl) sulfenyl chloride (5) gives 3- ethoxy-1, 2, 4-dithiazolin-5-one (2) and 3, 5-diethoxy-1, 2, 4-thiadiazole (3), with the relative amounts of 2 and 3 formed depending very much on the solvent (eg, diethyl ether favors 2; chloroform favors 3). The effects of added base, order of addition, concentration, and temperature were also studied. Mechanisms for the observed transformations have been ...