“…Thiazolamine derivatives (TT, TI, and TO) are highly basic as they readily form salts of acetate, trifluoroacetate, 1,1,1trifluoromethanesulfonate, perchlorate, picrate, and hydrochloride. 61 In principle, protonation can occur either at the ring nitrogen or central nitrogen; hence, it is important to establish the preferred protonation center and to explore the electronic character of the resultant species. Quantum chemical calculations using DFT (density functional theory) method have been performed to explore the same.…”