“…Earlier reports for this type of O/S conversions were achieved by several thiating reagents; for instance, Lawesson's reagent (2,4-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-dithia-2,4-diphosphetane 2,4-disulfide) [ 1 – 3 ], Berzelius reagent [ 4 – 6 ] (P 4 S 10 ), and phosphorus pentasulfide [ 7 ] in dry toluene, xylene or pyridine under reflux conditions. A two-step approach for the purpose of thiation of heterocyclic amides attracted our attention: as a first step, we applied a chlorination of heterocyclic amides, followed by thiation via reaction with thiourea on the basis of reagent-promoted desulfurylation of isothiourea under strong basic conditions [ 8 – 9 ]. Aiming to continue our reseach work on the structure modification of functionalized heterocyclic amides and thioamides [ 10 – 17 ], we found it interesting to design a new convenient and simple method for the thiation of heterocyclic amides.…”