A convenient route for the synthesis of new thiadiazoles

The present work describes the preparation of new thiadiazoles through a simple intramolecular reaction of mono- and bis-hydrazonoyl halides with methyl hydrogen phenyl carbonimidodithioate or methyl-2-arylidene hydrazinecarbodithioate. The synthetic method involves nucleophilic substitution followed by intramolecular cyclization reactions mediated by evolution of methanethiol. The structures of the title compounds were elucidated by elemental analyses, and FTIR, MS and NMR spectra.