“…7 For instance, they display many biological activities such as antimicrobial, 8 antimalarial, 9 anti-inflammatory, 10 anticancer, 11 antiviral, 12 pesticidal, 13 and inhibition of HIV-1, 14 gp41, 15 JSP-1, 16 IKKβ, 17 PRL-3, 18 cholesterol esterase, 19 and potential BACE-1. 20 Furthermore, 3-phenylthiazole-2(3H)-thiones act as COX-2 inhibitors, 21 tyrosinase inhibitors 22 and combretastatin analogs. 23 In this manuscript, we present a new class of atropisomeric compounds belonging to the 3-arylthiazolidine-2-thione family (Scheme 1) that can be easily prepared by reacting an aryl isothiocyanate and 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol under microwave irradiation.…”