Abstract
A one‐pot facile synthesis of thiazole‐2(3H)‐thiones (4) has been achieved by hypervalent iodine oxidation of ketones (1) using [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene, followed by the treatment of the reaction mixture with dithiocarbamate salts (3). The intermediate α‐tosyloxyketones (2) have also been isolated and converted to the target compounds.
Acknowledgment
We are grateful to DRDO (ERIP/ER/0103294/M/01) and UGC, New Delhi for financial assistance.