It has been reported that the halogen dance reaction can be used to synthesize polyfunctionalized 1,3-thiazoles. The transformation into target products was carried out by lithiation of 2-bromo-5-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-1,3-thiazole with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) followed by treatment with various electrophiles. The obtained compounds were then successfully applied to prepare novel 4,5-difunctional thiazole derivatives.

The interaction of (2-aryl-5-(hydroxyalkylamino)-1,3-oxazol-4-yl)phosphonates with hydrogen chloride, hydrogen iodide and hydrogen thiocyanate in anhydrous medium led to formation of new phosphorylated peptidomimetics containing C-terminal ω-haloalkyl and ω-thiocyanoethyl residues.

Obtained by the interaction of 2-amino-3,3-dichloroacrylonitrile and chlorosulphonyl isocyanate (Z)-(5-(dichloromethylene)-2-oxoimidazolidin-4-ylidene)sulfamoyl chloride reacts easily with excess of the aliphatic amine to form new (Z)-N-(5-(dichloromethylene)-2-oxoimidazolidin-4-ylidene)-N'-substituted sulfonamides. According to the National Cancer Institute (USA) examinations, two of the six synthesized sulfonamides showed a high anticancer activity.

Reaction of methyl 2-aryl-5-(chlorosulfonyl)-1,3-oxazole-4-carboxylates with 1H-pyrazol-5-amines and 1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-amines proceeds with the participation of endocyclic aminoazole nitrogen atoms to yield products containing a primary amino group. Being treated by sodium hydride these products undergo a further transformation into the tricyclic compounds. It has been shown that the cyclocondensation pathway includes the Smiles rearrangement with extrusion of SO2 followed by the elimination of MeOH. This reaction sequence is a convenient approach to the synthesis of new annulated [1,3]oxazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives.

The reaction of lithiation of 2-bromo-4-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-1,3-thiazole with in position 5 of the thiazole ring and double lithiation with t-butyllithium (t-BuLi) in positions 2 and 5 lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) are investigated. When lithiated and dilithiated thiazoles were treated with different electrophiles, a number of trifunctional 1,3-thiazoles were obtained with high yields.

Readily available tetrachloro-2-aza-1,3-butadienes enter into directed cyclocondensation reaction with N-phenyl-1,2-cyclopentanediamine which leads to regioselective cyclopentane annulation by the 1,3,5-triazepine. The formation of the 1,3,5-triazepine derivatives was confirmed proved by 1H- and 13C-NMR spectral study, elemental analysis and, in one case, single-crystal x-ray crystallographic study.