In the reaction of ethyl isothiocyanatoacetate with diamines, followed by cyclization of the intermediate product, 3-monosubstituted thiohydantoins have been obtained. It was found that the reaction course depends on the purity of the isothiocyanate used and also, in the case of dialkylaminoamines, the selfcyclization occurs. Besides the dialkylamino derivatives of 3-monosubstituted 2-thiohydantoins also new monoalkylamino, amino and heterocyclic derivatives were synthesized. The aryldiazonium derivative of 3-monosubstituted 2-thiohydantoin yielded both respective phenol derivative after hydrolysis and the product of coupling with 2-naphthol.J. Heterocyclic Chem., 40, 665(2003).2-Thiohydantoins, in common with their 2-oxo analogs, have interesting pharmacological activity [1-3], technical applications [4,5] and properties [6,7]. Investigations on these compounds is less active in comparison to hydantoins due to their difficult synthesis and higher toxicity. A relatively small number of 3-monosubstituted 2-thiohydantoins have been synthesized to date, and only a few among them possess dialkylamino substituents [8][9][10]. 2-Thiohydantoins with amino or hydroxy group in the substituent in 3 position are not reported in the literature. This is due mainly to diff iculty of synthesis, because it is impossible to obtain aliphatic or aromatic isothiocyanates with a free amino group, as well as aliphatic ones with hydroxy group. Such isothiocyanates are pre-requisite in the standard synthesis [ 11] of 3-monosubstituted 2-thiohydantoins.Results and Discussion.The dialkylamino, amino and hydroxy derivatives of 3-monosubstituted 2-thiohydantoin described in this paper were obtained by the literature method [12] using ethyl isothiocyanatoacetate and respective diamine, aminoalcohol or aminophenol. Mass spectrometry investigations showed that the starting isothiocyanate contains small amounts of thiophosgene and carbon disulfide. These contaminants could not be removed from the reagent obtained according to literature [13] by standard procedures like vacuum distillation (an azeotrope was formed).It was found that these minor contaminants markedly influence the reaction, yielding tar-like products of unidentified composition. Using highly pure isothiocyanate, obtained by removal of contaminants by purging with