4-Chloro-N-[2,2-dichloro-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenylethyl]benzenesulfonamide reacted with thiourea on heating in DMF in the presence of sodium carbonate to give 5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-phenyl-1,3-thiazole-2-amine. A probable reaction scheme includes cyclization of the initial N-dichloroethyl amide to N-sulfonyl-2,3-diaryl-2-chloroaziridine which undergoes isomerization with opening of the three-membered ring to 1-arylsulfonylamino-2-chloro-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-phenylethene. The subsequent heterocyclization in the reaction with thiourea is accompanied by aromatization via elimination of the arenesulfonamide fragment. Ar = 4-MeC 6 H 4 (a), 4-MeOC 6 H 4 (b).We previously developed convenient methods for C-amidoalkylation of aromatic, functionally substituted aromatic, and heteroaromatic compounds with the use of polychloroacetaldehyde imines as amidoalkylating agents [1-3]. As a result, a wide series of N-polychloroethylsulfonamides RSO 2 NHCH(Ar)CCl 2 X became accessible, and we were able to initiate studies on their biological activity and chemical reactivity. Synthetic importance of N-polychloroethylsulfonamides is determined by the presence in their molecules of NH group and polyhalomethyl fragment; it was demonstrated by the preparation on their base of biologically active N-protected amino acids [4], as well as by cascade reactions leading to amidines [5], aminocarbonyl compounds [6], imides [7], macroheterocyclic systems [8], and aziridines [9]. In addition, it was found that reactions of N-(1-aryl-2,2,2-trichloroethyl)arenesulfonamides with thioamides in dimethylformamide in the presence of inorganic bases lead to the formation of substituted 1,3-thiazoles [10]. Scheme 1.