Abstract Aryl thioamides undergo very rapid condensation in the presence of methyl bromocyanoacetate to provide quantitative yields of 3, 5-diaryl-1, 2, 4-thiadiazoles with an easy work-up and a high degree of product purity. The method can be scaled up with no loss in efficiency.
[Mayhoub, Abdelrahman S.; Marler, Laura; Kondratyuk, Tamara P.; Park, Eun-Jung; Pezzuto, John M.; Cushman, Mark Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 20, # 1 p. 510 - 520]