(1962)-(5) HH Szmant and RL Lapinski, ibid., 78, 458 (1956).(6) HH Szmant and YL Chow, ibid., 79, 4382, 5583 (1957). moiety was present in the form of the conveniently attained and unreactive sulfone function. In this paper we wish to report the synthesis of the heteroclyclic system in which the 1-thia group is at the sulfide and sulfoxide oxidation levels, while the nitrogen group can be at the hydrazo, azo, and azoxy oxidation states. A synthesis of the ...