“…To our knowledge, this method is the only one evidencing the possibility to introduce a chiral carbon atom in α of the position 3 of a 3,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,4-triazole ring, keeping the optical purity of the chiral center. This methodology was widely used in our group for the synthesis of a new series of optically active ghrelin receptor ligands, starting from various hydrazides and thioamides. − Wu et al demonstrated that this method is applicable to microwave technology, but they only used unasymmetric precursors. Apart from the fact that the reaction time is significantly reduced, there was no other significant improvement in the reaction by using microwave technology.…”