Rafat M. Mohareb, Suzan I. Aziz, Nadia I. Abdel-Sayed and Ahmed H. El-Banna
The reaction of cyanoacetic acid hydrazide with carbon disulfide in basic dimethylformamide afforded the potassium thiocarbamate 2 which underwent ready heterocyclization upon its reaction with α-haloketones to give the thiazole derivatives 4 and 23.