“…11 Among the different strategies available for the synthesis of 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives, the more popular procedures involve reactions of amidoximes with carboxylic acids, [12][13][14] carboxylic acid chlorides, 15,16 dicarboxylic acid anhydrides, 17,18 aldehydes, 19 Erlenmeyer azlactones, 20 protected amino acids, 21 benzoyl cyanides, 22 nitrilium salts, 23 and oxidative cyclization by DDQ. 24 The formation of this scaffold was also accomplished by the reaction of hydroximoyl chloride with aryl thiocyanates, 25,26 hydroxylamine with cyanamides, 27 and by one-pot reactions of hydroxylamine involving either aryl isothiocyanates and amidines 28 or nitriles and Meldrum's acid. 29 Other notable methods that afforded the 1,2,4-oxadiazoles employed substrates such as nitriles, [30][31][32] N-(cyanomethyl)amide, 33 and nitrosoimidazoles.…”